Table 3.
Demographic and related baseline characteristics of open trial participants.
| Demographic characteristics, n (%) or otherwise specified | N = 10 |
|---|---|
| Age (mean years, SD) | 57.40 (4.12) |
| Gender, men | 6 (60.0) |
| Race | |
| Black | 5 (50.0) |
| American Indian | 1 (10.0) |
| White | 4 (40.0) |
| Hispanic Ethnicity | 1 (10.0) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 1 (10.0) |
| High school graduate/GED | 3 (30.0) |
| Some college/technical degree/Associate degree | 4 (40.0) |
| College graduate (BA or BS) | 2 (20.0) |
| Number of prescribed medications (mean, SD) | 7.30 (3.80) |
| Health insurance | |
| Medicaid or MinnesotaCare | 3 (30.0) |
| Medicare | 4 (40.0) |
| Other | 3 (30.0) |
| Housing at enrollment | |
| Homeless shelter | 2 (20.0) |
| House/apartment of relatives or friends | 1 (10.0) |
| In own house/apartment | 4 (40.0) |
| Outdoors (street, park, beach, tent) | 1 (10.0) |
| Residential treatment for drug or alcohol use | 1 (10.0) |
| Transitional housing | 1 (10.0) |
| Worried about not having stable housing in the next 2 mo. (yes) | 6 (60.0) |
| Co-morbidities (n, %) | |
| High blood pressure | 7 (70.0) |
| High cholesterol | 6 (60.0) |
| Depression | 6 (60.0) |
| Anxiety/panic disorder | 5 (50.0) |
| Arthritis | 4 (40.0) |
| Heart disease | 5 (50.0) |
| Asthma | 2 (20.0) |
| Emphysema or COPD or chronic bronchitis | 1 (10.0) |
| Liver problems | 1 (10.0) |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 2 (20.0) |
| Traumatic brain injury (TBI) | 1 (10.0) |
| Bipolar disorder | 1 (10.0) |
| Schizophrenia/schizoaffective | 0 (0) |
| Body mass index (mean, SD) | 33.7 (7.3) |
| Reported substance use, any (n, %) | |
| Tobacco | 6 (60.0) |
| Alcohol | 1 (10.0) |
| Cannabis | 2 (20.0) |
| Amphetamine | 1 (10.0) |
| History of overdose (lifetime) (n, %) | 1 (10.0) |