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. 2022 Feb 7;37(11):2624–2633. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07356-6

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Survey Participants by Trial Group

Participants
N(%)
Characteristic Intervention pharmacies
(n=163)
Usual care pharmacies
(n=162)
Age, mean (SD), y 56.3 (10.9) 59.8 (9.9)
Female 77 (47.2) 97 (59.9)
Race/ethnicity*
   Hispanic 58 (35.6) 91 (56.2)
   White, non-Hispanic 61 (37.4) 40 (24.7)
   Black, non-Hispanic 34 (20.9) 20 (12.4)
   All other racial and ethnic groups 8 (4.9) 6 (3.7)
   Missing 2 (1.2) 5 (3.1)
Education*
   Less than high school 32 (19.6) 48 (29.6)
   Completed high school 50 (30.7) 45 (27.8)
   Attended some college 46 (28.2) 48 (29.6)
   Completed college or a higher degree 27 (16.6) 18 (11.1)
   Missing 8 (4.9) 3 (1.9)
Annual household income, US dollars*
   Less than 10,000 57 (35.0) 66 (40.7)
   10,000 – 19,999 51 (31.3) 57 (35.2)
   20,000 or more 37 (22.7) 21 (13.0)
   Missing 18 (11.0) 18 (11.1)
Live in their own house/apartment* 127 (77.9) 120 (74.1)
Insurance
   Commercial 25 (15.3) 23 (14.2)
   Medicaid 81 (49.7) 73 (45.1)
   Medicare 39 (23.9) 47 (29.0)
   Uninsured 18 (11.0) 19 (11.7)
Modified Charlson comorbidity index, median (IQR)† 2.0 (1.0–4.0) 1.0 (0–3.0)
Opioid use disorder† 40 (24.5) 25 (15.4)
Alcohol use disorder 7 (4.3) 12 (7.4)
Tobacco use or nicotine use disorder 71 (43.6) 83 (51.2)
Prior naloxone receipt 27 (16.6) 51 (31.5)
Average daily opioid dose, median morphine milligram equivalents (IQR)§ 29.7 (17.0–55.8) 35.7 (18.9–59.2)
Any opioid risk behavior (ORBIT)* 83/162 (51.2) 72/154 (46.8)
Hazardous drinking (AUDIT-C)* 13/160 (8.1) 14/157 (8.9)
Reported tobacco use* 83/161 (51.6) 83/162 (51.2)
Substance use (ASSIST)*
   Cannabis 69/162 (42.6) 54/162 (33.3)
   Other drugs|| 3/163 (1.8) 5/162 (3.1)
   Non-medical sedatives 30/160 (18.8) 29/162 (17.9)
Knowledge (Rx-OOKS), mean (SD)* 11.5 (4.7) 11.3 (4.1)

Abbreviations: ORBITopioid-related behaviors in treatment modified to refer to past 4 months; AUDIT-C Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Concise; NIDA-modified ASSIST National Institute on Drug Abuse–modified Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test modified to refer to past 4 months; Rx-OOKS Prescription Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale

* Assessed using survey measures; when denominators are indicated, the denominator is those who completed that baseline measure; Ethnicity was reported as “Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin”

Assessed in the year prior to study enrollment

‡ Assessed using survey measure (past 4 months) and dispensing (past year)

§ Assessed in the 6 months prior to study enrollment

|| Other drugs include heroin, other illicit opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, inhalants, and hallucinogens