Table 2. Improved Knowledge Comparison Among Ninth Grade Students From Returning Schools Versus New Schools, Rhode Island, Academic Year 2017–2018.
| Questions (Q) and Dichotomized Answers | 2017 Presurvey N =1,030, n (%) |
2017 Postsurvey N = 415, n (%) |
P Valuea | Matched 2017 Presurvey N = 321, n (%) |
Matched 2017 Postsurvey N = 321, n (%) |
P Value | Adjusted Odds Ratios (95% Confidence Interval) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q93 Addiction is a chronic brain disease or disorder.b | |||||||
| Correct | 591 (79.3) | 284 (83.5) | .10 | 191 (82.0) | 232 (86.6) | .15 | 1.08 (0.63–1.83) |
| Q93 Drug misuse is accepting prescription medication from a friend.b | |||||||
| Correct | 568 (76.2) | 287 (84.4) | .01 | 181 (77.7) | 230 (85.8) | .01 | 0.72 (0.44–1.18) |
| Q93 Drug misuse is use of a prescription medication is exceeding the recommended dose.b | |||||||
| Correct | 653 (87.7) | 305 (89.7) | .33 | 208 (89.3) | 245 (91.4) | .41 | 0.85 (0.48–1.51) |
| Q93 Nonmedical use is using a prescription medication without a prescription.b | |||||||
| Correct | 634 (85.1) | 299 (87.9) | .21 | 209 (89.7) | 240 (89.6) | .95 | 1.77 (0.86–3.63) |
| Q100 Drug users are responsible for their addiction.c | |||||||
| Correct | 202 (27.4) | 114 (33.9) | .03 | 67 (29.0) | 91 (34.2) | .21 | 0.93 (0.60–1.44) |
| Q100 Drug users can stop using drugs whenever they want to.c | |||||||
| Correct | 557 (75.5) | 272 (81.0) | .05 | 182 (78.8) | 22 (83.1) | .22 | 1.13 (0.70–1.82) |
| Q100 People use drugs to avoid dealing with their own inadequacies.c | |||||||
| Correct | 128 (17.3) | 80 (23.8) | .01 | 40 (17.3) | 53 (19.9) | .45 | 1.26 (0.79–1.98) |
| Q100 Drug users have weak charactersc | |||||||
| Correct | 442 (59.9) | 213 (63.4) | .28 | 147 (63.6) | 17 (63.9) | .95 | 0.97 (0.65–1.43) |
| Q76 Feel so depressed (sad) that nothing could cheer you up?d | |||||||
| None | 489 (63.3) | 204 (58.1) | .09 | 138 (58.5) | 16 (58.8) | .93 | 1.16 (0.75–1.81) |
| A little, sometime, most time, or all the time | 283 (36.7) | 147 (41.9) | NA | 98 (41.5) | 11 (41.2) | NA | NA |
| Q78 In the last 4 weeks, did you feel that you were under any stress, strain, or pressure?d | |||||||
| Not at all | 101 (13.1) | 47 (13.4) | .89 | 20 (8.5) | 34 (12.3) | .16 | 1.96 (0.83–4.61) |
| A little, some, a lot, or more than I could take | 671 (86.9) | 304 (86.6) | NA | 216 (91.5) | 24 (87.7) | NA | NA |
| Q83 How many of your CLOSEST friends use pain relief pills such as Percocet, Tylenol #3, Vicodin, Oxycodone?e | |||||||
| None | 540 (70.8) | 242 (69.3) | .628 | 160 (68.1) | 19 (69.2) | .78 | 0.92 (0.64–1.39) |
| Some, most, all, or don’t know | 223 (29.2) | 107 (30.7) | NA | 75 (31.9) | 85 (30.8) | NA | NA |
| Q97 My parent(s) showed me affection.f | |||||||
| Always or frequently | 640 (86.7) | 284 (84.5) | .34 | 201 (87.0) | 22 (85.7) | .67 | 1.38 (0.76–2.52) |
| Sometimes or rarely | 98 (13.3) | 52 (15.5) | NA | 30 (13.0) | 38 (14.3) | NA | NA |
a
P value was calculated by using χ2 test.
b
285 Missing values in 2017 presurvey, 75 in 2017 postsurvey, 88 in matched presurvey, and 53 in matched postsurvey.
c
292 Missing values in 2017 presurvey, 79 in 2017 postsurvey, 90 in matched presurvey, and 55 in matched postsurvey.
d
258 Missing values in 2017 presurvey, 64 in 2017 postsurvey, 85 in matched presurvey, and 44 in matched postsurvey.
e
267 Missing values in 2017 presurvey, 66 in 2017 postsurvey, 86 in matched presurvey, and 45 in matched postsurvey.
f
292 Missing values in 2017 presurvey, 79 in 2017 postsurvey, 90 in matched presurvey, and 55 in matched postsurvey.