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Table 3 Factors associated with drug use

From: Illicit drug use in university students in the UK and Ireland: a PRISMA-guided scoping review

Author

Year

Location

Study design

N

Number of unis

Demographics

Course/ Year of study

Personality or mental health

Attitudes/ health awareness

Normative beliefs

Tobacco or alcohol use

Academic performance

Religious beliefs

Ashton [43]

1995

England

Cross-sectional

186

1

  

X

     

Barber [86]

2006

Not reported

Cross-sectional

346

1

 

X

      

Boland [87]

2006

Ireland

Longitudinal

1824

1

X

       

Bogowicz [44]

2018

England

Cross-sectional

1242

1

X

X

X

  

X

  

Butler [85]

2004

England

Cross-sectional

254

1

  

X

     

Conner [65]

1998

England

Cross-sectional

186

Not reported

   

X

X

   

Deasy [93]

2014

Ireland

Mixed methods: cross-sectional & semi-structured interviews

1030 (survey)

1

  

X

     

Einstein [77]

1975

Not reported

Cross-sectional

300

1

     

X

  

El Ansari [15]

2015

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Cross-sectional

3706

7

X

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

Engs [80]

1987

Scotland

Cross-sectional

209

3

 

X

      

Engs [82]

1999

Scotland

Cross-sectional

4065

Not reported

     

X

 

X

Golding [45]

1987

Not reported

Cross-sectional

360

1

 

X

X

     

Herity [79]

1977

Ireland

Cross-sectional

765

1

X

    

X

  

Hindmarch [75]

1970

Not reported

Cross-sectional

153

1

X

  

X

  

X

 

Holloway [97]

2018

Wales

Cross-sectional

7855

7

X

X

      

McKay [76]

1973

Scotland

Cross-sectional

1236

1

X

    

X

  

Murphy [99]

2019

Ireland

Cross-sectional

5672

31

X

X

      

Newbury-Birch [48]

2000

England

Cross-sectional

194

1

  

X

  

X

  

Newbury-Birch [47]

2001

England

Longitudinal

236

1

X

 

X

  

X

  

Newbury-Birch [46]

2002

England

Longitudinal

100

1

  

X

  

X

  

Parfrey [33]

1975

Ireland

Cross-sectional

444

1

    

X

   

Roberts [89]

2010

England

Cross-sectional

360

2

X

       

Somekh [78]

1976

England

Cross-sectional

1113

6

X

X

      

Underwood [90]

2010

England

Cross-sectional

265

1

     

X

  

Vivancos [101]

2009

England

Cross-sectional

827

1

X

       

Webb [49]

1996

England, Scotland, Wales

Cross-sectional

3075

10

  

X

     

Webb [51]

1997

England, Scotland

Cross-sectional

3699

10

 

X

      

Webb [50]

1998

Not reported

Cross-sectional

785

7

  

X

  

X

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