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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic variables for patients with SUDs

From: Mental distress following inpatient substance use treatment, modified by substance use; comparing voluntary and compulsory admissions

Variables

All patients, N = 202

Follow-up sample, N = 123

Mean age, years

30.0 (±8.9)

30.4 (±9.8)

Female

68 (34)

47 (39)

Education, years

10.8 (±1.9)

10.8 (±2.1)a

Relationship status, single

136 (69) b

84 (69)c

Main SUD diagnosis

 Alcohol use disorder (AUD) or AUD + concurrent drug use disorders

34 (17)

20 (16)

 Drug use disorder

168 (83)

103 (84)

Psychiatric diagnosis

 Axis I disorders

117 (60)

71 (58)

 Axis II disorders

9 (4.5)

4 (3)

 Axis I and II disorders

24 (12)

16 (13)

Only SUD diagnosis

52 (26)

32 (26)

Severity scores

 Injection use

105 (54) d

71 (60)e

 Duration of most problematic substance use, years

11.1 (±7.6)

11.6 (±7.6)f

 Time in treatment, days

57 (26)

58 (26)

 Suicidal attempts – lifetime prevalence

94 (49) g

60 (51)h

 Compulsory admission

65 (32)

51 (42)

 SCL-90-R GSI, mean (SD)

1.2 (±0.70)i

1.2 (±0.74)j

  1. Values represent the numbers of patients (%) or mean (±SD); in some cases, the total number of patients changed, as follows: aN = 117; b N = 198; cN = 121; dN = 195; eN = 119; fN = 117; gN = 191; hN = 117; iN = 197, jN = 120