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Table 2 Socio-demographic and addiction data by place of recruitment

From: Validation of the French version of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) in the elderly

 

Total

Community medicine (n = 42)

General psychiatry (n = 58)

p-value*

Mean age in years (± DS)

77.8 (7.5)

81.2 (6.3)

75.4 (7.4)

<0.0005

Gender, n (%)

   

0.09

- male

28

19

34.5

 

- female

72

81

65.5

 

Civil status, n(%)

   

1

- married

38

38.1

37.9

 

- single/divorced/separated/widow

62

61.9

62.1

 

Nationality, n (%)

   

0.002

- Swiss

75

88.1

60.3

 

- other

25

11.9

39.7

 

Higher school grade, n (%)

   

0.7

- elementary school

39

35.7

41.4

 

- apprenticeship

21

19

22.4

 

- secondary school and higher

40

45.2

36.2

 

Mean AUDIT score (± DS)

2.9 (4.8)

3.3 (5.1)

2.7 (4.6)

0.5

Mean ASSIST score (± DS)

    

- tobacco

2.3 (5.3)

2.4 (6)

2.2 (4.9)

0.8

- alcohol

3.7 (5.3)

4.3 (6.4)

3.3 (4.4)

0.4

- Cannabis

0. (0)

0

0

 

- Cocaine

0. (0)

0

0

 

- ATS

0. (0)

0

0

 

- Inhalants

0. (0)

0

0

 

- Sedatives

0.2 (1.1)

0.3 (1.6)

0.05 (0.4)

0.2

- Hallucinogens

0. (0)

0

0

 

- opioids

0. (0)

0

0

 
  1. *Obtained by Student t-test or chi-square test/Fisher exact test respectively.