TABLE 2.
User characteristics.
| Cohort 1 (n = 100) | Cohort 2 (n = 44) | |
| Treatment facility | ||
| In-patient detoxification | 75% | 75% |
| In-patient rehabilitation | 25% | 25% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 75% | 88.6% |
| Female | 25% | 11.4% |
| Age (mean, SD) | 35.9 (10.4) | 38.5 (10.8) |
| Nationality | ||
| German | 80% | 100% |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 76% | |
| Firm partnership | 4% | |
| Offspring (yes) | 31% | |
| Housing situation | ||
| Alone | 51% | |
| With partner | 15% | |
| With offspring | 3% | |
| With parents | 19% | |
| School qualification | ||
| None | 27% | |
| Secondary general school certificate | 37% | |
| High-school diploma (“Abitur”) | 11% | |
| Vocational qualification | ||
| No specialist job training | 58% | |
| University degree | 1% | |
| Professional activity | ||
| Unemployed | 75% | |
| Net income (month) | ||
| <500€ | 58% | |
| 500–1,000€ | 16% | |
| 1,000–2,500€ | 21% | |
| Comorbidity | ||
| None | 15% | 47.7% |
| Depression | 20% | 34.1% |
| Anxiety/PTSD | 8% | 13.6% |
| Schizophrenia | 4% | 2.3% |
| Hepatitis C | 27% | |
| COPD | 20% | |
| Years since start of substance use (mean, SD) | 19 (10) | 20 (9) |
| Primary substances for detoxification (multiple entries possible) | ||
| Heroin | 47% | 59.1% |
| Opioid replacement therapy/medication (opioid substitutes) | 10% | 11.4% |
| Cocaine | 31% | 34.1% |
| Alcohol | 24% | 18.2% |
| Cannabis | 40% | 18.2% |
| Amphetamines | 22% | 13.7% |
| Benzodiazepines | 24% | 29.5% |
| Other | 11% | 4.6% |