Table 1:
Demographic and social characteristics of patients, by group allocation
| P value† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Mean (SD) | 54.8 (16.5) | 51.3 (16.0) | 56.8 (16.5) | <0.001 |
| Female Sex, N (%) | 3814 (39.6) | 1682 (47.5) | 2132 (35.0) | <0.001 |
| Male Sex, N (%) | 5821 (60.4) | 1862 (52.5) | 3959 (65.0) | <0.001 |
| Asian, N (%) | 84 (0.9) | 36 (1.0) | 48 (0.8) | 0.26 |
| Black, N (%) | 720 (7.5) | 224 (6.3) | 496 (8.1) | 0.001 |
| White, N (%) | 8045 (83.4) | 2975 (83.9) | 5070 (83.2) | 0.36 |
| Other, N (%) | 332 (3.4) | 134 (3.8) | 198 (3.3) | 0.18 |
| Unknown, N (%) | 454 (4.7) | 175 (4.9) | 279 (4.6) | 0.43 |
| Hispanic, N (%) | 320 (3.3) | 110 (3.1) | 210 (3.4) | 0.38 |
| BMI, Mean (SD) | 28.7 (6.7) | 28.8 (6.3) | 28.7 (7.0) | 0.63 |
| Viral Hepatitis, N (%) | 1204 (12.4) | 484 (13.6) | 720 (11.8) | 0.009 |
| Homeless, N (%) | 978 (10.1) | 463 (13.0) | 515 (8.5) | <0.001 |
| MAT, N (%) | 3906 (40.5) | 1949 (54.9) | 1957 (32.1) | <0.001 |
| Psychiatric Disorder, N (%) | 8227 (85.3) | 3500 (98.7) | 4727 (77.6) | <0.001 |
| Nicotine Dependence, N (%) | 4260 (44.2) | 1777 (50.1) | 2483 (40.7) | <0.001 |
| Non-alcohol SUD‡, N (%) | 3532 (36.6) | 1860 (52.4) | 1672 (27.4) | <0.001 |
SD: standard deviation, N: number of patients, BMI: body mass index, MAT: medical addiction therapy, SUD: substance use disorder
†
p values for categorical variables refer to the results of a Fisher exact test comparing patients receiving any psychotherapy to those not receiving psychotherapy. For continuous variables, they refer to the results of a t test with Welch correction.
‡
Non-alcohol SUD refers to one of: cannabis, cocaine, other stimulant, opioid, inhalant, or sedative use disorder.