Table 1.
Demographic, Psychiatric, and Substance Use Characteristics of Psychiatric Outpatients with and Without a Lifetime History of a Sexually Transmitted Infection (N=464)
| STI History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent
n = 288 |
Present
n = 176 |
χ2 (df) | p < | |||
| Demographic variables | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | 2.46 (1) | ns | ||||
| Female | 147 | 51 | 103 | 59 | ||
| Male | 141 | 49 | 73 | 42 | ||
| Ethnicity, | 24.37 (4) | .0001 | ||||
| European-American | 215 | 75 | 95 | 55 | ||
| African-American | 42 | 15 | 58 | 33 | ||
| Other | 30 | 10 | 21 | 12 | ||
| Marital status, | 4.49 (1) | .04 | ||||
| Not married | 244 | 85 | 161 | 92 | ||
| Married | 44 | 15 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Education | 0.6 (3) | ns | ||||
| < High school graduate | 94 | 33 | 59 | 34 | ||
| High school graduate | 94 | 33 | 62 | 35 | ||
| Some college | 72 | 25 | 40 | 23 | ||
| College graduate | 27 | 9 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Employment status, | 5.26 (1) | .03 | ||||
| Unemployed | 222 | 77 | 151 | 86 | ||
| Employed | 66 | 23 | 25 | 14 | ||
| M | SD | M | SD | t (df) | p | |
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| Age | 36.6 | 10.3 | 36.4 | 8.6 | 0.2 (462) | ns |
| Monthly income ($) | 580 | 559 | 536 | 545 | .81 (452) | ns |
| n | % | n | % | χ2 (df) | p | |
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| Substance use variables | ||||||
| AUDIT risk classification, % | .72 (1) | ns | ||||
| low risk (≤7) | 178 | 62 | 100 | 58 | ||
| high risk (>7) | 110 | 38 | 73 | 42 | ||
| DAST risk classification, % | 3.75 (1) | .055 | ||||
| low risk (≤2) | 217 | 75 | 118 | 67 | ||
| high risk (>2) | 71 | 25 | 58 | 33 | ||
| Psychiatric variables | ||||||
| Diagnosis, | 5.10 (4) | ns | ||||
| Depression | 131 | 46 | 81 | 46 | ||
| Bipolar | 55 | 19 | 27 | 15 | ||
| Schizophrenia | 49 | 17 | 24 | 14 | ||
| Schizoaffective | 32 | 11 | 31 | 18 | ||
| Other | 20 | 7 | 13 | 7 | ||
| M | SD | M | SD | t (df) | p | |
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| Psychological distress (BSI) | 61.7 | 40.5 | 68.1 | 40.8 | −1.63 (458) | ns |
| Functional impairment (GAF) | 47.8 | 13.2 | 46.7 | 12.9 | 0.89 (460) | ns |
Note. BSI = AUDIT=Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Brief Symptom Inventory; GAF=Global Assessment of Functioning; DAST=Drug Abuse Screening Test; STI = Sexually transmitted infection.