Table 1.
Mean | SD | Range | |
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Maternal substance history: | |||
Age at first substance use (years) | 19.8 | 4.8 | (9–31) |
Age at regular (3x/week or more), substance use (years) | 21.0 | 4.6 | (14–32) |
Duration regular substance use upon treatment entry (years) | 6.5 | 4.4 | (1–22) |
Treatment measures: | |||
Gestational age upon treatment entry (weeks) | 21.3 | 7.0 | (5.3–32.5) |
Length of time in treatment prior to delivery (days) | 121.1 | 56.7 | (29–241) |
Buprenorphine dose (mg) | |||
At 24 weeks gestation (n=20) | 12.0 | 7.1 | (2–28) |
At 28 weeks gestation (n=30) | 12.3 | 6.0 | (2–24) |
At 32 weeks gestation (n=42) | 12.7 | 6.3 | (2–24) |
At 36 weeks gestation (n=40) | 12.8 | 6.5 | (2–24) |
Urine toxicology screenings during treatment | 16.4 | 8.0 | (3–33) |
Positive research urine toxicology screenings* at delivery (%/ SD) | 19.7 | 25.6 | (1–100) |
Participants with 1 or more positive screenings (#/%) | 29 | (59%) |
substance screened for include (#/%): opiates (12;41%), THC (10; 34%), benzodiazepines (11;38%), cocaine (8;28%), opioid containing pain relievers (6;21%), methadone (4;14%), methamphetamine (2;7%), amphetamines (1;3%), barbiturates (0;0%) and buprenorphine (49; 100%)
Cut off values for urine toxicology screenings: opiates (morphine) (300 ng/mL); THC (50 ng/mL); benzodiazepines (300 ng/mL); cocaine (300 ng/mL); opioid containing pain relievers (100 ng/mL); methadone (300 ng/mL); methamphetamine (500 ng/mL); amphetamines (1000 ng/mL); barbiturates (300ng/mL), and buprenorphine (10 ng/mL)