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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 May;71(5):547–556. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4546

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics at Baseline and During Treatment

Characteristic No. (%) P Value
TAU (n = 95) RP (n = 88) MBRP (n = 103)
Male sex 69 (72.6) 56 (63.6) 76 (73.8) .16
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 46 (48.4) 43 (48.9) 57 (55.3) .38
 Black or African American 22 (23.2) 13 (14.8) 26 (25.2)
 Native American 4 (4.2) 8 (9.1) 6 (5.8)
 Asian 1 (1.1) 0 1 (1.0)
 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1 (1.1) 1 (1.1) 0
 Mixed 9 (9.5) 12 (13.6) 6 (5.8)
 Other, not specified 2 (2.1) 3 (3.4) 0
 Hispanic or Latino/Latina 13 (13.7) 10 (11.4) 9 (8.7)
Unemployed 62 (65.3) 53 (60.2) 67 (65.0) .69
Educational level
 Did not complete high school 12 (12.6) 7 (8.0) 7 (6.8) .27
 High school graduate/GED 45 (47.4) 33 (37.5) 52 (50.5)
 Some college 22 (23.2) 24 (27.3) 23 (22.3)
 College degree 16 (16.8) 24 (27.3) 21 (20.4)
Age, mean (SD), y 37.2 (10.8) 38.9 (10.9) 39.1 (10.9) .42
Alcohol use only 14 (14.7) 9 (10.2) 16 (15.5) .08
Polysubstance use 79 (83.2) 75 (85.2) 81 (78.6) .48
Treatment hours completed, mean (SD) 11.0 (7.5) 12.4 (7.0) 12.0 (6.6) .40
Treatment sessions attended, %
 ≥75 44 (46.3) 43 (48.9) 48 (46.6) .35
 ≥50 17 (17.9) 18 (20.5) 16 (15.5) .29
 ≥25 14 (14.7) 13 (14.8) 17 (16.5) .76
No. of prior treatment episodes, mean (SD) 1.28 (1.18) 1.72 (1.69) 1.58 (1.52) .14
SDS baseline, mean (SD) 8.52 (4.43) 10.27 (3.67) 9.52 (4.23) .20
Abstinence at baseline, ASI 29 (30.5) 32 (37.2) 41 (41.6) .35
Abstinence during treatment, ASI 44 (46.3) 52 (59.1) 65 (63.1) .24

Abbreviations: ASI, Addiction Severity Index; GED, General Educational Development; MBRP, mindfulness-based relapse prevention; RP, relapse prevention; SDS, Severity of Dependence Scale; TAU, treatment as usual.