Men’s and women’s response to treatment and perceptions of outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of injectable opioid assisted treatment for severe opioid use disorder

Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic, health, drug use and treatment profile of SALOME participants by gender

	Total N = 202	Women N = 62	Men N = 140
Socio-demographics
Age*	44.33 ± 9.63	40.66 ± 9.34	45.95 ± 9.34
Currently has an intimate partner*	74 (36.63)	32 (51.61)	42 (30.00)
Self- identify as Indigenous^a*	62 (30.69)	29 (46.77)	33 (23.57)
High school certificate or higher	108 (53.47)	31 (50.00)	77 (55.00)
Any non-stable housing in prior 3 years^b	141 (69.80)	38 (61.29)	103 (73.57)
Paid in exchange for sex in the prior month	20(9.90)	19 (30.65)	0(0)
Ever paid in exchange for sex*	83 (41.09)	52 (83.87)	31 (22.14)
Months ever incarcerated*^c	10 [1–36]	2 [0–6]	18 [3–60]
Days of non-legal activities in prior month^d	14.15 ± 13.71	14.98 ± 13.59	13.79 ± 13.79
Health
HIV Positive*	30 (14.85)	14 (22.58)	16 (11.43)
MAP Physical Health Score^e*	12.17 ± 8.01	14.92 ± 9.12	10.92 ± 7.15
MAP Psychological Health Score^e*	9.40 ± 8.97	12.35 ± 10.56	8.05 ± 7.83
Drug Use and Treatment
Days using any illicit opioids	27.95 ± 4.19	28.15 ± 4.48	27.86 ± 4.07
Heroin, injection	25.38 ± 7.99	25.84 ± 7.69	25.18 ± 8.14
Times of heroin use on a typical day	3.40 ± 2.59	3.73 ± 2.50	3.26 ± 2.62
Crack cocaine, smoked*	10.32 ± 12.72	14.71 ± 13.62	8.38 ± 11.83
Times attempted MMT in prior 5 years^f	2.81 ± 2.09	3.06 ± 2.10	2.69 ± 2.09

*Indicates significance below p < 0.05
Plus minus values (±) indicate mean and standard deviation; Values in parentheses indicate number (n) and percentage (%); Values in brackets represent median and interquartile range (Q₁–Q₃). Statistics are p values for a t-test or chi-square test:
SD Standard Deviation, MAP Maudsley Addiction Profile, HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, MMT Methadone Maintenance Treatment
^aIndigenous Ancestry refers to the self-report of any Inuit, Metis or, First Nations Ancestry
^bNon-stable housing refers to living in single resident occupancy hotel rooms with restrictions, couch surfing, outdoors, vehicles, or in public places
^cData are zero saturated and heavily skewed. As such, median and interquartile ranges are presented
^dDays of non-legal activities is a measured as a sum of the number of days in the prior month engaged in any of: dealing of drugs, property theft, violence, disorderly conduct, sex work, major driving violations, and broken conditions imposed by the legal system
^eMAP scores range from 0 to 40; higher scores indicate poorer physical or psychological health
^fData come from PhamaNet, British Columbia’s Provincial pharmacy dispensation database

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