Table 1.
ATOP outcomes: current and retrospective substance use before the pandemic.
| Use in past 28 days |
Quantity |
Test statistic | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Days used | Before | Now | |||
| M (SD) | ||||||
| Tobacco | 227 (69.8) | |||||
| Cigarettes (n/day) a | 14.09 (8.32) | 15.39 (9.87) | t = 2.33 | .021* | ||
| Vaping (ml/day) b | 5.00 (6.50) | 5.00 (8.50) | Z = 0.52 | .606 | ||
| Alcohol (units/day) b | 187 (57.5) | 12.21 (9.63) | 5.00 (10.00) | 5.00 (8.00) | Z = 0.79 | .937 |
| Cannabis (g/day)b,c | 128 (39.4) | 16.21 (10.14) | 1.00 (1.75) | 1.00 (2.75) | Z = 2.94 | .003** |
| Meth. (g/day) b | 80 (24.6) | 9.64 (9.40) | 0.20 (0.45) | 0.25 (0.40) | Z = 1.18 | .238 |
| Other illicit drugs | 57 (17.5) | 8.21 (7.89) | ||||
Abbreviations: g, grams; ml, millilitres.
Questions adapted from the ATOP. n = used in the past 28 days.
a
Data for quantity met assumptions of normality; a t-test was conducted and means and standard deviations were reported.
b
Data for quantity violated assumptions of normality and a Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used, median and interquartile range are reported.
c
The median was 1.00 overall before and after, but 22.9% reported a lower amount, 32.2% reported the same and 44.9% reported a larger amount after.
*
P < .05. **P < .01.