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Table 4 Rating of importance of treating different named substances

From: Smoking and its treatment in addiction services: Clients’ and staff behaviour and attitudes

If a client was primarily in treatment for x*, on a scale from 1 to 10, how important would you rate treatment of the following substances that they may also be using:

 

Primary substance: *Alcohol (total n = 131)

Primary substance: *Heroin (total n = 132)

Primary substance: *Cannabis (total n = 133)

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median

Alcohol

 

10 (1)

9 (2)

Heroin

10 (1)

 

10 (1)

Cannabis

7 (5)

7 (4)

 

Benzos

10 (2)

10 (2)

9 (3)

Smoking

5 (5)

5 (5)

7 (5)

  1. NB There were significant differences between smoking and all other substances’ ratings in each primary substance groups; Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Tests, p < 0.001; IQR = inter-quartile range.
  2. *Primary drug treatment.