Characteristic a | N (%) / Mean ± SD |
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Number of participants in each community who responded to survey: a | |
Prince George | 6 (22) |
Vancouver | 8 (30) |
Victoria | 13 (48) |
Gender | |
Woman | 16 (76) |
Man | 5 (24) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian/White | 15 (75) |
First Nations, Inuit, Métis | 4 (20) |
Asian | 1 (5) |
Caregiver’s median age (Q1, Q3) | 51 (47, 54) |
Education | |
Some college/university or less | 9 (43) |
College/university degree | 12 (57) |
Characteristics of Young Person’s Substance Use | |
Age when caregiver first learned of their opioid use | 17 ± 3.56 |
Frequency of non-medical opioid use during their period of use | |
Daily | 9 (43) |
Weekly | 7 (33) |
Monthly | 1 (5) |
Unsure | 4 (19) |
Frequency of concurrent substance use during their period of opioid use (missing = 1) b: | |
None | 2 (10) |
Daily | 8 (40) |
Weekly | 6 (30) |
Monthly | 1 (5) |
Unsure | 3 (15) |
Currently using non-medical opioids (missing = 3) | |
Yes | 11 (61) |
No | 3 (17) |
Unsure | 4 (22) |
Types of Substance Use Treatment Accessed c: | |
Counseling | 18 (86) |
Peer support | 6 (29) |
Case management | 11 (58) |
Psychiatry | 7 (33) |
Addictions medicine | 12 (57) |
Opioid agonist treatment | 8 (38) |
Private residential treatment setting | 3 (14) |
Accessed more than 1 type of these treatments | 17 (81) |
Mean number of different treatment types accessed | 3.7 ± 1.4 |