Table 3.
Treatment-related characteristics and treatment outcomes by age, gender and early- or late-onset for patients in outpatient and inpatient treatment
| Outpatient treatment | Inpatient treatment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤59a | 60 + | 60 + male |
60 + female |
60 + earlyb |
60+ lateb |
≤59a | 60 + | 60 + male |
60 + female |
60 + earlyb |
60+ latec |
|
| First treatment (%) | 33.1 | 31.0 | 32.3 | 28.9 | 25.4 | 36.7 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 9.9 |
| Referral from (%) | ||||||||||||
| Self | 39.8 | 40.1 | 39.7 | 40.8 | 43.9 | 36.6 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| Family | 7.1 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 13.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Doctor/Therapist | 4.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| General hospital | 12.4 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 22.3 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 27.5 |
| Counselling | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 59.9 | 59.4 | 60.4 | 57.1 | 67.0 | 55.0 |
| Rehabilitation | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Nursing home | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Others | 25.8 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 10.0 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
| Abstinence at discharge (%) | – | 68.4 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 68.8 | 67.2 | – | 94.5 | 94.1 | 95.2 | 93.4 | 94.3 |
| Treatment Termination regular (%) | 67.3 | 77.5 | 77.7 | 77.4 | 77.5 | 79.3 | 84.5 | 90.0 | 89.5 | 90.9 | 90.7 | 90.3 |
| Treatment outcome assessment positive (%) | 67.6 | 74.6 | 74.5 | 74.8 | 73.6 | 76.7 | 83.8 | 89.3 | 89.4 | 88.8 | 89.7 | 90.1 |
Definitions: a≤ 59 = sample of patients with an AUD in the German addiction care system under 60 years old; bearly = early-onset of the AUD (≤45 years); clate = late-onset of the AUD (≥45 years)