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) |