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. 2020 Jun 15;20(3):769–789. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2020.96343

Table VI.

Street drug use

A. Comparison of study group individuals with (n = 18) and without (n = 641) a lifetime history of street drug use

Parameter Street drug use P-value
No (n = 641) Yes (n = 18)
Age at survey, M (SD) [years] 43.47 (8.57) 40.00 (8.94) 0.0471
Sex, n (%)
 Female 553 (98.0) 11 (2.0) 0.0093
 Male 88 (92.6) 7 (7.4)
Place of living, n (%)
 Village 185 (97.9) 4 (2.1) 0.2843
 City of < 50,000 inhabitants 153 (98.7) 2 (1.3)
 City of ≥ 50,000 inhabitants 303 (96.2) 12 (3.8)
Educational level, n (%)
 Elementary 7 (100.0) 0 (0) 0.3063
 Vocational 11 (100.0) 0 (0)
 Secondary 323 (98.5) 5 (1.5)
 University degree 300 (96.2) 12 (3.8)
Occupational status, n (%)
 Employed 625 (97.2) 18 (2.8) > 0.9993
 Unemployed 8 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
 Student 8 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Marital status, n (%)
 Single 122 (97.6) 3 (2.4) > 0.9993
 Married 441 (97.1) 13 (2.9)
 Divorced/separated 63 (96.9) 2 (3.1)
 Widowed 15 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Living status, n (%)
 Alone 51 (98.1) 1 (1.9) > 0.9993
 With a family 549 (97.2) 16 (2.8)
 With a partner 41 (97.6) 1 (2.4)
Having children, n (%)
 Yes 513 (97.3) 14 (2.7) 0.7683
 No 128 (97.0) 4 (3.0)
ACE 1–10* score, M (SD) 0.73 (1.47) 1.50 (1.82) 0.0091
ACE 1–13** score, M (SD) 1.06 (1.67) 1.89 (1.99) 0.0211
ACE cumulative score on ACE (13) questionnaire***
 < 4 of 13 591 (97.7) 14 (2.3) 0.0523
 4 and more of 13 50 (92.6) 4 (7.4)
GSE M (SD) 31.58 (4.82) 31.83 (4.41) 0.9331

P – level of statistical significance, M – mean, SD – standard deviation.

1

Mann-Whitney U test.

2χ2 test.

3

Fisher’s exact test.

*

Number of ACEs assessed with the ACE Study questionnaire.

**

Number of ACEs assessed with the ACE (13) questionnaire.

ACE – adverse childhood experience, GSE – generalized self-efficacy assessed with the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale.

***

< 4 vs. ≥ 4 ACE categories self-reported on ACE (13) questionnaire.