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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 Aug 5;117:108099. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108099

TABLE 4:

TEST STATISTICS FOR ANGER

Variable X2 df N p
Demographic
Sex of person who overdosed 1 47
Pharmacological
Person who overdosed exhibited withdrawal symptoms 0.002 1 47 0.961
Person who overdosed consumed fentanyl prior to overdosing 4.9 x 10−31 1 46 1
Person who overdosed consumed heroin and no other substances prior to overdosing 1.9 1 45 0.160
Person who overdosed injected drugs prior to overdosing 3.1 1 40 0.077
Intramuscular naloxone was used to reverse the overdose 0.12 1 46 0.723
More than one dose of naloxone (IM or IN) was administered to the person who overdosed 0.51 1 46 0.476
Person who overdosed was known or presumed to have gone on to use more drugs post reversal 0.46 1 35 0.499
Situational 1
Person who overdosed expressed concern about loss of money or drugs post resuscitation 5.8 1 47 0.016
Interpersonal
Participant had a pre-existing relationship with the person who overdosed as they were a family member or friend 0.11 1 47 0.744
Participant communicated positively with the person who overdosed during the reversal process 14 1 42 <0.001
Participant communicated negatively with the person who overdosed during the reversal process 20 1 42 <0.001
Overdose training related
Participant received extended overdose training 1.3x10−31 1 47 1
Participant completed 8 or more of 11 standard revival procedures 0.53 1 46 0.467
Variable t Mean
(SD)
Anger −
Mean
(SD)
Anger +
p
Age of person who overdosed (years) 1.52 42 (12) 37 (12) 0.139
Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale (OOKS) score −1.28 39 (3.9) 40 (23.0) 0.207