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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Work Pract Addict. 2018 Jul 11;18(3):231–248. doi: 10.1080/1533256X.2018.1488720

Table 2.

Demographic data of Patient Focus Group Participants

Characteristic (% or M) Patient
(n=10)

Gender (% female) 40%

Age (mean in years)

43
Race (% white) 90%

Include in a family meeting:

       Parent 77%
       Spouse 30%
       Child 50%
       Sibling 30%

Financially supported by a family member

40%
Living with a family member 40%

Prior experiences with family meetings

40%

Has a co-occurring disorder

50%

Inpatient detoxification

70%
Partial hospital program 30%

Primary substance use problem

       Opiates 10%
       Alcohol 90%
       Cocaine 10%
       Amphetamine 10%
       Marijuana 10%
       Benzodiazepines 20%
       Hallucinogens 10%