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Table 1 Individual characteristics and social support (N = 1212) (n, %)

From: Relationships between received and perceived social support and health-related quality of life among patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment in Mainland China

Individual characteristics and social support

n (%)

Individual characteristics

 Age (years) (mean ± SD) (range: 21–65)

42.48 ± 6.24

 Gender

  Male

934 (77.1)

  Female

278 (22.9)

 Education level

  Primary or below

141 (11.6)

  Secondary

987 (81.4)

  Tertiary

84 (6.9)

 Marital status

  Married

705 (58.2)

  Others

507 (41.8)

 Having children

  Yes

840 (69.3)

  No

372 (30.7)

 Employment status

  Unemployed

594 (49.0)

  Employed

618 (51.0)

 Average monthly income over the past year (Chinese yuan)

   < 1000

708 (58.4)

  1000–3000

307 (25.3)

   > 3000

197 (16.3)

 Stable income

  Yes

356 (29.4)

  No

856 (70.6)

 Living with family

  Yes

898 (74.1)

  No

314 (25.9)

 Chronic disease

  Yes

616 (50.8)

  No

596 (49.2)

 Initial drug use age (years) (mean ± SD) (range: 14–52)

28.41 ± 7.35

 Drug use over the past month

  Yes

237 (19.6)

  No

975 (80.4)

 Days of receiving MMT (mean ± SD) (range: 1–1659)

717.15 ± 435.57

 Average daily methadone dose (mg) (mean ± SD) (range: 8–106)

49.60 ± 15.42

Social network support

 Good family relationships

  Yes

820 (67.7)

  No

392 (32.3)

 Usually communicates with others

  Yes

455 (37.5)

  No

757 (62.5)

 Has family/friends who support MMT

  Yes

1065 (87.9)

  No

147 (12.1)

Professional support services

 Convenient service time

  Yes

1069 (88.2)

  No

143 (11.8)

 Good service attitude

  Yes

1062 (87.6)

  No

150 (12.4)

 Usually receives health counseling

  Yes

891 (73.5)

  No

321 (26.5)

 Usually receives psychological counseling

 Yes

597 (49.3)

 No

615 (50.7)

 Appropriate treatment charges

 Yes

793 (65.4)

 No

419 (34.6)

Perceived social support

 Perceived support from family (mean ± SD)

19.48 ± 4.65

 Perceived support from friends (mean ± SD)

17.42 ± 5.08

 Perceived support from significant others (mean ± SD)

18.16 ± 4.60

 Global perceived social support (mean ± SD)

55.06 ± 12.40

 Good perceived social support a

  Yes

809 (66.7)

  No

403 (33.3)

  1. aGood perceived social support (yes or no) was divided according to the cutoff of 50
  2. MMT methadone maintenance treatment. SD standard deviation