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. 2020 Jun 5;237(9):2709–2724. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05567-z

Table 2.

Median and range of addictive disorder severity at baseline and 1-year follow-up separately for the substance use disorder (SUD) group, the non-substance-related addictive disorder (ND) group, and the control group

SUD1 ND1 Controls
Median (range) Median (range) Median (range)
Baseline
Sum of DSM-5 SUD criteria 3 (2–13) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–2)
Tobacco-related and/or 2 (0–7) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1)
Alcohol-related 2 (0–6) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1)
Sum of (adapted) DSM-5 ND criteria 0 (0-2) 4 (2–15) 0 (0–1)
Internet-related and/or 0 (0–1) 3 (0–9) 0 (0–1)
Gaming-related and/or 0 (0–1) 0 (0–8) 0 (0–1)
Gambling-related and/or 0 (0–1) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–1)
Shopping-related 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 0
Quantity frequency indices SUD-related
Tobacco-related (cigarettes per week) and/or 10 (0–140) 0 (0–35) 0 (0–49)
Alcohol-related (gram alcohol per week) 72 (0–630) 18 (0–360) 22.5 (0–180)
Quantity frequency indices ND-related (hours per week)
Internet-related and/or 0 (0–42) 14 (0–70) 0 (0–35)
Gaming-related and/or 0 (0–14) 0 (0–35) 0 (0–28)
Gambling-related and/or 0 (0–4) 0 (0–2) 0
Shopping-related 0 (0–6) 0 (0–2) 0
Follow-up (1 year)
Sum of DSM-5 SUD criteria 2 (0–8) 0 (0–6) 0 (0–6)
Tobacco-related and/or 0 (0–6) 0 (0–6) 0 (0–4)
Alcohol-related 0 (0–5) 0 (0–5) 0 (0–4)
Sum of (adapted) DSM-5 ND criteria 0 (0–6) 1 (0–15) 0 (0–3)
Internet-related and/or 0 (0–6) 2 (0–8) 0 (0–3)
Gaming-related and/or 0 (0–1) 0 (0–8) 0 (0–2)
Gambling-related and/or 0 (0–1) 0 (0–2) 0
Shopping-related 0 0 (0–2) 0 (0–2)
Quantity frequency indices SUD-related
 Tobacco-related (cigarettes per week) and/or 14 (0–140) 0 (0–42) 0 (0–56)
Alcohol-related (gram alcohol per week) 63 (0–540) 27 (0–288) 24.8 (0–360)
Quantity frequency indices ND-related (hours per week)
Internet-related and/or 12 (0.1–70) 14 (0.5–56) 8 (0–42)
Gaming-related and/or 0.5 (0–35) 0.5 (0–28) 0 (0–35)
Gambling-related and/or 0 (0–2.5) 0 (0–8) 0
Shopping-related 0 (0–1.5) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–14)

1According to our inclusion criteria, participants within the addiction groups may fulfil only one or several disorders, e.g. only an alcohol use disorder in the SUD group. Therefore, 0 criteria or a QFI of 0 can also occur within the addiction groups, e.g. if someone has an alcohol use disorder but does not smoke