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. 2014 Aug 5;16(8):e19282. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.19282

Table 3. Frequency of Substance Use in Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients Based on Demographic Variablesa.

Substance Users Demographic Variables Yes (n = 77) No (n = 133) Total (n = 210) P Value
Age, y 0.20
< 30 17 (29.8) 40 (70.2) 57 (100)
30 > 60 (39.2) 93 (60.8) 153 (100)
Gender 0.0001
Female 9 (11.5) 69 (88.5) 78 (100)
Male 68 (51.5) 64 (48.5) 132 (100)
Marital Status P < 0.05
Single 22 (44) 28 (56) 50 (100)
Married 46 (31.9) 98 (68.1) 144 (100)
Divorced 8 (66.7) 4 (33) 12 (100)
Widow 1 (25) 3 (75) 4 (100)
Education P = 0.25
Illiterate 1 (6.3) 15 (93.8) 16 (100)
Primary school 22 (36.7) 38 (63.3) 60 (100)
Secondary and high school 52 (44.1) 66 (55.9) 118 (100)
Over high school 2 (12.5) 14 (87.5) 16 (100)
Occupation P = 0.0001
Jobless 44 (57.1) 33 (42.9) 77 (100)
Worker 6 (37.5) 10 (62.5) 16 (100)
self-employed 10 (45.5) 12 (66.7) 22 (100)
Staff 3 (45.5) 12 (54.5) 15 (100)
Retired 4 (36.4) 7 (63.6) 11 (100)
Housekeeper 8 (12.5) 56 (87.5) 64 (100)
College student 0 (0) 5 (100) 5 (100)
Duration of Disorder, y P=0.003
< 1 33 (54.1) 28 (45.9) 61 (100)
1-5 27 (32.5) 56 (67.5) 83 (100)
5 > 17 (25.8) 49 (74.2) 66 (100)

a Data are presented as No. (%).