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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Nov 17;66(1):72–79. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300414

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants with substance dependence and co-occurring disorders by mental disorder diagnosis and treatment condition

Depression subgroup PTSD subgroup
Control (n=224) Intervention (n=219) Control (n=105) Intervention (n=100)
Characteristic N % N % N % N %
Substance dependence type
 Alcohol only 30 13 16 7 10 10 7 7
 Other drug only 53 24 56 26 22 21 23 23
 Both 141 63 147 67 73 69 70 70
Sex
 Male 167 75 156 71 82a 78a 65a 65a
Age (M±SD) 37.9±10.6 38.0±10.1 38.6±10.4 38.4±10.0
Race
 White 109 49 108 49 42a 40a 42a 42a
 Black 61 27 61 29 36a 34a 30a 30a
 Hispanic 40 18 25 11 24a 23a 12a 12a
 Other 14 6 25 11 3a 3a 16a 16a
Homeless (1 or more nights in past 3 months) 138 62 126 57 71 68 62 62
Lifetime incarceration 175 78 174 79 84 80 80 80
Patient Health Questionnaire score (M±SD) b 18.7±4.8a 17.7±5.6a 19.3±5.4 19.1±4.6
Beck Anxiety Inventory score (M±SD) c 30.6±13.7 29.0±14.1 33.8±12.8 34.3±13.4
Addiction Severity Index - alcohol score (M±SD)d .5±.4 .5±.3 .5±.3 .5±.3
Addiction Severity Index - drug score (M±SD)e .3±.2 .3±.2 .3±.1 .3±.2
Short Inventory of Problems - alcohol score (M±SD)f 21.5±15.9 20.6±15.6 22.9±16.4 22.8±15.5
Short Inventory of Problems - drug score (M±SD)g 30.2±13.6 30.8±12.5 32.2±12.4 31.2±13.2
Outpatient substance abuse treatmenth in past 3 months
 No 167 75 181 83 76 72 78 78
Ever injected drugs
 Yes 133 60 135 63 61 58 59 60
a

p<.05 (intervention vs. treatment as usual within depression or PTSD subgroups)

b

Possible scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating greater depression severity.

c

Possible scores range from 0 to 63, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety severity.

d

Possible scores range from 0 to 1, with higher scores indicating greater alcohol-related addiction severity.

e

Possible scores range from 0 to 1, with higher scores indicating greater drug-related addiction severity.

f

Possible scores range from 0 to 48, with higher scores indicating greater alcohol-related problems.

g

Possible scores range from 0 to 48, with higher scores indicating greater drug-related problems.

h

Any treatment, including counseling, therapy, or detox for alcohol or other drug problems (not including 12-step programs)

SD: standard deviation