Improved drug-use patterns at 6 months post-discharge from inpatient substance use disorder treatment: results from compulsorily and voluntarily admitted patients

Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic variables for patients included at baseline (202) and those reached at follow-up (123) [N (%) or mean (SD)]

Variables	All patients, N = 202	Follow-up sample, N = 123
Mean age, years	30.0 (8.9)	30.4 (9.8)
Female	68 (34)	47 (39)
Education, years	10.8 (1.9)	10.8 (2.1)^a
Relationship status, single^b	136 (69)	84 (68)^c
Main diagnosis
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) or AUD with co- occurring drug use disorders	34 (17)	20 (16)
Drug use disorder	168 (83)	103 (84)
Severity scores
Injection use^d	105 (54)	71 (60)^e
Duration of most problematic substance use, years	11.1 (7.6)	11.6 (7.6)^f
Suicidal attempts – lifetime prevalence^g	94 (49)	60 (51)^h
Treatment variables
Time in treatment, days	57 (26)	58 (26)
Compulsorily admitted	65 (32)	51 (42)

^a N = 117 ;^b N = 198; ^c N = 121; ^d N = 195; ^e N = 119; ^f N = 117; ^g N = 191; ^h N = 117

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