Table 1.
Analysis of variables associated with treatment completion among 335 substance-using adolescents and young adults. Chi-square test comparing treatment completers and non-completers.
|
Completers, n (%) |
Non-completers, n (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis use1 | 259 (97) | 63 (95) | 0.42 |
| Amphetamine use | 26 (10) | 9 (14) | 0.36 |
| Ecstasy use | 41 (15) | 18 (27) | 0.02* |
| Cocaine use | 53 (20) | 21 (32) | 0.04* |
| Heroin use | 6 (2) | 2 (3) | 0.66 |
| Methadone use | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 |
| Buprenorphine use | 5 (2) | 3 (5) | 0.20 |
| LSD use | 15 (6) | 6 (9) | 0.30 |
| GHB use | 1 (0) | 1 (2) | 0.36 |
| Spice use | 38 (14) | 14 (21) | 0.17 |
| Solvents use | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 1.00 |
| Benzodiazepine use | 29 (11) | 12 (18) | 0.11 |
| Opioids | 28 (11) | 10 (15) | 0.29 |
| Anabolic-androgenic steroid use | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 |
| Tramadol use | 58 (22) | 30 (45) | <0.001* |
| Tobacco use regular | 196 (74) | 53 (80) | 0.31 |
| Female gender | 66 (25) | 18 (27) | 0.68 |
| Age 18 years or above | 89 (33) | 43 (65) | <0.001* |
| Social services contact ever | 120 (45) | 28 (44) | 0.82 |
| Ever treated in residential treatment | 48 (19) | 14 (21) | 0.63 |
| Ever treated in compulsory care for adolescents | 8 (3) | 3 (5) | 0.54 |
| Any previous contact at the present unit | 25 (9) | 6 (9) | 0.94 |
| Any contact with general psychiatry / child and adolescent psychiatry | 71 (27) | 11 (17) | 0.09 |
| Ever treated for drug problems | 35 (13) | 14 (21) | 0.10 |
| Ever treated for alcohol problems | 5 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.26 |
| Ever depressed | 173 (66) | 51 (79) | <0.05* |
| Ever anxiety | 183 (69) | 49 (75) | 0.34 |
| Suicidal ideation ever | 83 (32) | 29 (45) | <0.05* |
| Sentenced for crime | 59 (24) | 22 (38) | 0.02* |
| History of psychiatric health care | 121 (46) | 29 (45) | 0.88 |
1
Fisher’s exact test used instead of chi-square test.