Table 4. Data on other substance use by patients who have custody of children *1,*3.
Number of patients with custody of children | Dispensing frequency | p = (χ2)*4 | ||
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134 | Daily n = 77 (57.5) |
Non-daily (take home) n = 57 (42.5) |
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Present use of other substances, overall*2 | 78 (58.2) | 48 (62.3) | 30 (52.6) | 0.291 |
Of the overall number, those using multiple substances | 25 (32.1) | 16 (33.3) | 9 (30.0) | 0.504 |
Other substance use by substance type *2,*5
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14 (10.4) 9 (6.7) 5 (3.7) 37 (27.6) 32 (23.9) 14 (10.4) 5 (3.7) |
10 (13.0) 7 (9.1) 4 (5.2) 20 (26.0) 20 (26.0) 11 (14.3) 3 (3.9) |
4 (7.0) 2 (3.5) 1 (1.8) 17 (29.8) 12 (21.1) 3 (5.3) 2 (3.5) |
0.392 0.299 0.393 0.696 0.542 0.152 1.000 |
*1Data are given for other substance use by patients with custody of children for whom information as to dispensing frequency (daily or non-daily) is available
*2Question related to other substance use within the past 4 weeks
*3Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated
*4Subgroups for chi square test: other substance use reported versus denied
*5Multiple answers per patient possible. The relative percentages relate to the number of patients who gave information about other substance use: 134 overall, 77 with daily dispensing, 57 with non-daily dispensing (take home)