n = 204 | |||||||||
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Substance use related variables | Psychosocial problems (mean scores) | ||||||||
SU | BP | PD | SC | FS | SP | WA | PR | Overall | |
Age of initiation of substance use | |||||||||
< 20 years (n = 154) | 78.48 | 70.16 | 61.20 | 65.12 | 51.94 | 65.43 (n = 91) | 52.05 (n = 102) | 69.75 | 64.93 |
≥ 20 years (n = 50) | 64.26 | 47.20 | 43.40 | 49.57 | 35.00 | 57.72 (n = 11) | 30.95 (n = 42) | 48.28 | 46.52 |
b p value | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | 0.347 | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* |
Types of substance use | |||||||||
Only licit (n = 63) | 65.29 | 46.66 | 44.44 | 52.15 | 38.09 | 48.33 (n = 6) | 26.89 (n = 58) | 42.40 | 46.09 |
Any illicit (n = 50) | 77.86 | 68.00 | 58.20 | 62.42 | 50.28 | 63.24 (n = 37) | 58.16 (n = 24) | 75.14 | 64.47 |
Both (n = 91) | 80.14 | 75.00 | 64.67 | 67.03 | 54.23 | 67.11 (n = 59) | 58.54 (n = 62) | 73.94 | 68.12 |
a p value | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | 0.212 | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* |
Frequency of substance use | |||||||||
<3 times/ day (n = 40) | 58.83 | 52.62 | 48.25 | 52.14 | 43.75 | 53.52 (n = 17) | 26.56 (n = 32) | 51.25 | 49.04 |
≥3 times/ day (n = 164) | 78.94 | 67.43 | 58.93 | 63.54 | 49.39 | 66.82 (n = 85) | 51.42 (n = 112) | 67.72 | 63.20 |
b p value | <.001* | 0.001* | 0.009* | 0.004* | 0.178 | 0.050* | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* |
Mode of substance use | |||||||||
Injecting (n = 53) | 88.17 | 78.30 | 69.90 | 70.08 | 56.19 | 70.44 (n = 34) | 70.00 (n = 33) | 82.34 | 73.22 |
Non-Injecting (n = 151) | 70.37 | 59.70 | 52.25 | 58.23 | 45.50 | 61.69 (n = 68) | 38.73 (n = 111) | 58.23 | 55.93 |
b p value | <.001* | <.001* | <.001* | 0.001* | 0.004* | 0.103 | 0.001* | <.001* | <.001* |