Table 3.
Bivariate analysis of socio demographic factors and harmful alcohol use.
| Variable |
Alcohol use (N = 887) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Harmfula
N (%) |
Not Harmful
N (%) |
|||
| Age in years | <35 | 198 (45.9) | 233 (54.1) | 0.251 |
| ≥35 | 191 (41.9) | 265 (58.1) | ||
| Gender | Male | 198 (49.1) | 205 (50.9) | 0.005 |
| Female | 191 (39.5) | 293 (60.5) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 224 (38.7) | 355 (61.3) | <0.001 |
| Not married | 165 (53.6) | 143 (46.4) | ||
| Years of experience in healthcare | 0–10 | 238 (46.5) | 274 (53.5) | 0.001 |
| 11–20 | 104 (47.5) | 115 (52.5) | ||
| 20+ | 47 (30.1) | 109 (69.9) | ||
| Cadre | Doctor | 178 (50.3) | 176 (49.7) | <0.001 |
| Nurse | 38 (22.8) | 129 (77.2) | ||
| Other | 104 (48.1) | 112 (51.9) | ||
| Specialist | 68 (45.6) | 81 (54.4) | ||
| Type of facility | Public | 265 (42.7) | 356 (57.3) | 0.312 |
| Private | 124 (46.6) | 142 (53.4) | ||
| Have a known medical condition | Yes | 97 (48.0) | 105 (52.0) | 0.202 |
| No | 292 (42.6) | 393 (57.4) | ||
| Contact COVID-19 patients | Yes | 92 (43.4) | 120 (56.6) | 0.940 |
| No | 297 (44.0) | 378 (56.0) | ||
a
Harmful alcohol use was defined by a score of 8 and above on the AUDIT.