Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Characteristics | Mean ± SD/frequency |
|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 25.8 ± 3.6 |
| Athletic activity | |
| No | 148(83.1) |
| Yes | 28(15.7) |
| Did not report | 2(1.1) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.3 ± 2.8 |
| Educational status | |
| Primary | 70(39.3) |
| Secondary | 69(38.8) |
| Higher education | 39(21.9) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Bench | 23(12.9) |
| Keffa | 60(33.7) |
| Amhara | 44(24.7) |
| Oromo | 31(17.4) |
| Tigray | 20(11.2) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 142(79.8) |
| Female | 36(20.2) |
| Occupation | |
| Government employee | 49(27.5) |
| Merchant | 123(69.1) |
| Others | 6(3.4) |
| Presence of chronic disease | |
| No | 93(52.2) |
| Yes | 82(46.1) |
| Did not report | 3(1.7) |
| Meta-cognition | 27.3 ± 4.5 |
| Meta-memory | 15.1 ± 2.4 |
| Meta-concentration | 12.3 ± 2.4 |
| SDS-total | 6.4 ± 1.6 |
| Polysubstance use | |
| Khat + Cigarette | 4(2.2) |
| Khat + coffee | 67(37.6) |
| Khat+ Alcohol+ cigarette | 2(1.1) |
| Khat+ alcohol+ coffee | 60(33.7) |
| Khat+cigarette + coffee | 45(25.3) |
Meta-cognition was assessed by tool using questionnaire [13]
Severity of dependence on khat (SDS-khat)
Polysubstance use along with Khat