Table 1. Participant characteristics by primary substance (N = 126).
Total | %/SD | Alcohol | (n = 68) | Drug | (n = 58) | ||
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n/mean | n/mean | %/SD | n/mean | %/SD | |||
Recruitment setting | Psychiatric outpatient department | 80 | 63.5% | 57 | 83.8% | 23 | 39.7% |
Rehabilitation facility | 46 | 36.5% | 9 | 13.2% | 35 | 60.3% | |
Sex | Male | 105 | 83.3% | 56 | 82.4% | 49 | 84.5% |
Female | 15 | 11.9% | 10 | 14.7% | 5 | 8.6% | |
Other | 6 | 4.8% | 2 | 2.9% | 4 | 6.9% | |
Age | 46.4 | 12.1 | 50.8 | 12.4 | 41.2 | 9.4 | |
Educational attainment | Junior high school | 16 | 12.7% | 3 | 4.4% | 13 | 22.4% |
High School | 47 | 37.3% | 27 | 39.7% | 20 | 34.5% | |
Vocational college | 13 | 10.3% | 6 | 8.8% | 7 | 12.1% | |
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 50 | 39.7% | 32 | 47.1% | 18 | 31.0% | |
Employment | Currently employed | 47 | 37.3% | 27 | 39.7% | 20 | 34.5% |
Marital status | Currently married | 36 | 28.6% | 27 | 39.7% | 9 | 15.5% |
Age of first primary substance use | 19.5 | 8.0 | 15.9 | 3.9 | 23.6 | 9.4 | |
Age of problem cognition | 32.4 | 11.8 | 35.2 | 13.1 | 29.2 | 9.2 | |
Age of first medical treatment | 38.6 | 13.6 | 43.0 | 14.7 | 33.3 | 10.0 | |
Days of substance use in the past month | 3.8 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 6.9 | |
Comorbidity of psychiatric disorder | 52 | 41.3% | 27 | 39.7% | 25 | 43.1% | |
AUDIT (n = 55) | 17.2 | 11.0 | |||||
DAST-10 (n = 58) | 4.8 | 3.1 | |||||
Use of psychiatric treatment | 105 | 83.3% | 56 | 82.4% | 49 | 84.5% | |
Duration of psychiatric treatment (years, n = 52) | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | |
Participation in self-help group | 77 | 61.1% | 34 | 50.0% | 43 | 74.1% | |
Duration of self-help group participation (years, n = 31) | 4.7 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. DAST: Drug Abuse Screening Test.