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Table 1 Characteristics of 107 participants followed up with in the NorComt study

From: Performance of the WHOQOL-BREF among Norwegian substance use disorder patients

 

n (%)

Demographics

 Age (mean, SD)

35.3 (9.6)

 Women

36 (33.6)

 Single

78 (77.2)

 Primary education or less

61 (57.0)

 Unemployed

76 (71.0)

Substance-related variables

 No substance use

27 (34.6)

 Polysubstance user

49 (49.0)

 Substances

  Cannabis

45 (42.1)

  Amphetamines

32 (29.9)

  Alcohol

27 (25.2)

  Unprescribed benzodiazepines

22 (20.6)

  Heroin/opium

19 (17.8)

  Ecstasy, LSD

3 (2.8)

  Cocaine

2 (1.9)

  Other central stimulants or addictive substances

1 (0.9)

  Crack, solvents, or denatured alcohol

0

Injected within past four weeks

25 (25.5)

Current SUD treatment

 OMT

46 (43.8)

 Residential

24 (22.9)

 Outpatient (without OMT)

15 (14.3)

 None

20 (19.9)

Health variables

 Chronic somatic disease

71 (66.4)

 Clinical anxiety symptoms

61 (57.0)

 Clinical depression symptoms

60 (56.1)

 Received psychiatric services, past year

55 (50.9)

 Exercise

69 (64.5)

 Dissatisfied with weight

53 (49.5)

 Smoke cigarettes

90 (84.1)

 Use smokeless tobacco

36 (34.3)

Social variables

 Social network

  Abstinent

59 (55.1)

  Substance-using

28 (26.2)

  No network

20 (18.7)

 Living situation

  With partner/family

33 (30.8)

  Friends or others

13 (12.1)

  Alone

61 (57.0)

  1. SUD substance use disorder
  2. OMT Opioid maintenance treatment
  3. Participants followed up with in this sub-study were a majority men, single, and unemployed. Most lived alone, had an abstinent social network, and exhibited symptoms of clinical anxiety or depression