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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2019 Nov 27;115(2):354–367. doi: 10.1111/add.14799

Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 93)

n (%) M (SD) Range
Age 38.10 (10.21) 20–56
Gender
 Male 47 (50.5%)
 Female 46 (49.5%)
Race/Ethnicity
 Latino 13 (14.0%)
 Non-Hispanic Black 13 (14.0%)
 Non-Hispanic White 63 (67.7%)
 Non-Hispanic Other 4 (4.3%)
Primary Language
 English 88 (94.6%)
 Non-English 5 (5.4%)
Sexual Orientation§
 Heterosexual 77 (91.7%)
 Gay or Bisexual 7 ( 8.3%)
SES Factors
 No GED or HS Diploma 30 (32.3%)
 Unemployed§ 62 (73.8%)
 On disability/SSI§ 17 (20.2%)
 Income < $20K/yr.§ 74 (88.1%)
 Unstable housing last 30 days§ 8 (9.5%)
Drug Use History
 No. Years Opioid Use 14.10 ( 9.53) 1.00 – 37.00
 Live with active user(s) 28 (30.1%)
 Lifetime Injection 73 (78.5%)
MMT Status
 Previous MAT History 82 (88.2%)
 No. Times Previously on MAT 2.16 (1.84) 0.00 – 11.00
 Current Methadone Dose (mg/day) 84.80 (28.39) 25.00 – 160.00
Readiness to Change
 Reduce Drug Use (heroin, cocaine) 4.67 (1.38) 2.00 – 6.50
 Use New/Clean Needle 4.05 (1.20) 1.00 –6.50
Cumulative Opioid Experiences Last 12 Months
 Mean No. Bags Heroin 1.90 (4.48) 0.00 – 19.50
 Mean Opioid Withdrawal 0.42 (0.63) 0.00 – 3.00
Recent Opioid Use
 % Negative UTox Last 6 mo. 81.75 (23.94) 0.00 – 100.00
 Injected Heroin Last 6 mo.§ 18 (21.4%)
 Injected Heroin Last 30 days§ 9 (9.7%)
§

9 participants had missing values on this variable. GED= general education diploma. HS= high school. SSI= supplemental security income. K= thousand; Yr.= year. No. = number of. mg = milligrams. Mo.= months. Unstable Housing= reported staying in a controlled environment [jail, inpatient, residential treatment], or no stable arrangement. MMT= methadone maintenance treatment. MAT= medication-assisted treatment (includes methadone, buprenorphine, LAAM). UTox= urine toxicology test for opioids.