Abstract:
Abstract
Background: Alcohol use disorder increase the risk of physical harm, mental or social consequences for patients
and others in the community. Studies on alcohol use disorder and associated factors among medical and surgical
outpatients in Ethiopia are limited. Therefore, this study is meant to provide essential data on alcohol use disorder and
associated factors among alcohol user medical and surgical outpatients to intervene in the future.
Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted by using the systematic random sampling
technique. Alcohol use disorders were assessed using the World Health Organization’s 10-item Alcohol Use Disorder
Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed, a
P-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant in the multivariate analysis and the strength of association was measured at a 95% confidence interval.
Results: The prevalence of alcohol use disorder was 34.5% with a 95% CI (29.20, 39.80) among study participants.
In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, male sex (AOR=3.33, 95%CI: 1.40, 7.93), history of mental illness
(AOR=2.68, 95%CI: 1.12, 6.38), drinking for relaxation (AOR=1.88, 95%CI: 1.02, 3.48) and history of lifetime tobacco
use (AOR=5.64, 95%CI: 1.95, 16.29) were factors significantly associated with alcohol use disorder.
Conclusion: The prevalence of alcohol use disorders among medical and surgical outpatients was found to be high.
Male sex, history of mental illness, alcohol use for relaxation and lifetime cigarette smoking need more attention during the assessment of patients in the medical and surgical outpatient departments.
Keywords: Alcohol use disorder, Factors, Medical and surgical outpatients, Ethiopia
