Treatment length and outcomes among adolescents: a secondary data analysis

Table 3 Logistic regression results ⁺ outcome: discharged into the community at 3-months (Analytic N = 2,053)

Variable	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Chi-square
No. of sessions		χ₂² = 25.13**
5 sessions	Referent	p = <0.0001
<5 sessions	0.37 (0.23, 0.60)
>5 sessions	0.35 (0.22, 0.53)
Race/Ethnicity		χ₁² = 7.13*
		p = 0.0076
Non-Whites	Referent
Whites	1.52 (1.12, 2.08)
Gender		χ₁² = 0.52
		p = 0.4688
Male	Referent	0
Female	0.89 (0.66, 1.21)
Age @ baseline		χ₂² = 0.13
		p = 0.9393
10-14	Referent	7
15-17	1.00 (0.70, 1.43)
18-22	1.11 (0.57, 2.13)
GISS Scores		χ₂² = 12.31**
		p = 0.0021
Low - 0	Referent	0
Moderate - 1	0.90 (0.65, 1.24)
High - 2	0.50 (0.34, 0.74)
Substance Frequency Scale (3 months)		χ₂² = 27.05**
		p < 0.0001
0	Referent
0.01 – 0.13	0.62 (0.44 – 0.86)
0.13 – 1.00	0.31 (0.20 – 0.48)

** significant at the 0.01 level.
*significant at the 0.05 level.
105 who were not discharged and 244 ASA/AMA were excluded for this analysis.
Mixed effects multi-level logistic regression model included covariates of race/ethnicity, gender, age at baseline, GISS scores, and SITE as a random effect.

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