Abstract:
Alcohol use has been reported to have serious health
and social effects among University students. In order
to ascertain this assertion, this study examined some of
the common co morbidities that co-exist with alcohol
use. The study was conducted among 126
undergraduate students at Mount Kenya University in
Nairobi, Kenya. To select the sample, stratified
purposeful sampling method was applied and
respondents screened using a questionnaire, Beck
Depression Inventory to screen for depression; Beck
Anxiety Inventory for anxiety and an Alcohol Use
Disorder Identification Test for alcohol use. The Intra-
class correlation coefficient test (ICC) that measures
the reliability for alcohol, depression and anxiety
clusters found a high ICC (p=0.0001) which means that
depression, anxiety and alcohol use are co-morbid
Description:
Alcohol use has been reported to have serious health
and social effects among University students. In order
to ascertain this assertion, this study examined some of
the common co morbidities that co-exist with alcohol
use. The study was conducted among 126
undergraduate students at Mount Kenya University in
Nairobi, Kenya. To select the sample, stratified
purposeful sampling method was applied and
respondents screened using a questionnaire, Beck
Depression Inventory to screen for depression; Beck
Anxiety Inventory for anxiety and an Alcohol Use
Disorder Identification Test for alcohol use. The Intra-
class correlation coefficient test (ICC) that measures
the reliability for alcohol, depression and anxiety
clusters found a high ICC (p=0.0001) which means that
depression, anxiety and alcohol use are co-morbid
