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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Sep 5;106:89–96. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.09.002

Table 5:

Treatment outcomes descriptives by change in employment status.

UU
n = 169 (36.3%)
EU
n = 54 (11.6%)
UE
n = 121 (26%)
EE
n = 122 (26.2%)
Clinical outcomes within treatment
Percentage of days abstinent during treatment (Mean ± SD) 63 ± 29.6 68.4 ± 30.4 76.3 ± 24.3 72.7 ± 22.3
Percentage cocaine-negative samples during treatment (Mean ± SD) 21.3 ± 30.7 36.3 ± 38.6 38.2 ± 37.8 29.9 ± 36.3
Achieved 3 or more weeks of consecutive cocaine abstinence (N (%)) 48 (28.4) 20 (37) 56 (46.3) 37 (30.3)
Longest duration abstinence during treatment (days) (Mean ± SD) 14.6 ± 18.4 21.5 ± 23.5 27.1 ± 27.1 18.3 ± 21.1
Retained and abstinence in last week of treatment (N (%)) 37 (22.3) 18 (37.5) 42 (36.8) 32 (26.7)
Complete abstinence during treatment (N (%)) 7 (4.3) 7 (13) 14 (11.8) 12 (10)
Clinical outcomes at follow-up
Percentage of days abstinent at follow-up month 1 (Mean ± SD) 75.2 ± 30.4 81.2 ± 27.6 83.1 ± 25.9 81.5 ± 23.7
Employment at follow-up month 1 (N (%)) 29 (18.8) 14 (28.6) 109 (91.6) 115 (95)
Percentage of days abstinent at follow-up month 3 (Mean ± SD) 79.2 ± 31.6 84 ± 25.3 85.3 ± 23.1 81.3 ± 26.1
Employment at follow-up month 3 (N (%)) 42 (27.6) 19 (38.8) 98 (84.5) 109 (90.1)
Percentage of days abstinent at follow-up month 6 (Mean ± SD) 80.2 ± 30.8 83.3 ± 26.4 83.5 ± 25.4 80.9 ± 27.6
Employment at follow-up month 6 (N (%)) 64 (41.6) 26 (55.3) 90 (83.3) 98 (83.1)

UU = unemployed at baseline and at the end-of-treatment; EU = employed at baseline and unemployed at the end-of-treatment;

UE = unemployed at baseline and employed the end-of-treatment; EE = and employed at baseline and at the end-of-treatment;

SE = Standard Error; OR = Odds Ratio.; ns = statistically non-significant.