Mental health among men who have sex with men in Cambodia: Implications for integration of mental health services within HIV programmes

Table 2 Comparisons of substance use among MSM with a lower and higher level of psychological distress

Substance use in the past 3 months	Total	Total GHQ-12 score
Substance use in the past 3 months	(n = 394)	≤3 (n = 241)	>3 (n = 153)	p-value^*
Drank at least a full glass or one can of alcohol	247 (88.1)	206 (85.5)	141 (92.2)	0.04
Mean number of days getting drunk (past month)	5.1 ± 6.7	8.4 ± 9.0	8.2 ± 5.8	0.93
Smoked at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime	77 (19.5)	40 (16.6)	37 (24.2)	0.14
Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day	8.3 ± 7.6	8.4 ± 9.0	8.2 ± 5.8	0.93
Used any kinds of illicit drugs (past three months)	20 (5.1)	5 (2.1)	15 (9.8)	0.001

GHQ general health questionnaire, MSM men who have sex with men
Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables
^*Chi-square test was used for categorical variables and Student’s t-test was used for continuous variables

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