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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Effects of substance use disorder on treatment process and outcome in a ten-session psychiatric treatment for borderline personality disorder

Variables

Condition

     

p value*

 

None n = 48(%)

Alcohol n = 20 (%)

Other SUD n = 10(%)

Both n = 21 (%)

    

female

16 (33)

9 (45)

1 (10)

5 (24)

  

0.234

 

Marital status

      

0.396

 

 Never married

25 (52)

8 (40)

3 (30)

14 (67)

    

 Married

13 (27)

9 (45)

4 (40)

4 (19)

    

 Separated, divorced

10 (21)

3 (15)

3 (30)

3 (14)

    

Employment

      

0.450

 

 Unemployed

35 (73)

16 (80)

7 (70)

17 (81)

    

 Protected activity

2 (4)

2 (10)

1 (10)

2 (10)

    

 Part-time

2 (4)

1 (5)

2 (20)

1 (5)

    

 Full-time

8 (17)

1 (5)

0 (0)

1 (5)

    

Treatment status

      

0.116

 

 completers

36 (75)

12 (60)

10 (100)

16 (76)

    

 drop-out

12 (25)

8 (40)

0 (0)

5 (24)

    
     

Test value

df

p value

Post-Hoc

Agea, years

        

 mean

32.6

36.8

28.1

29.0

2.562

(3,95)

0.059

 

 s.d.

9.7

11.3

7.6

11.8

    

Current DSM-IV diagnosesb

        

 number of Axis I diagnoses (mean)

1.40

0.75

1.40

0.95

13.207

3

0.004

None vs OHc

 (s.d.)

0.77

0.72

0.97

1.16

    

Presence of Axis II diagnoses*

        

 n

22

8

0

5

  

0.016

None vs Other SUDd

 %

46.8%

40.0%

0.0%

23.8%

    

Educationa, years

        

 mean

11.74

10.65

10.70

11.14

2.235

(3,94)

0.089

 

 s.d.

1.84

1.39

1.95

2.01

    

OQ-45a

        

 mean

92.19

92.95

102.00

101.00

1.101

(3,95)

0.390

 

 s.d.

24.15

18.71

32.38

22.08

    

BSLa

        

 mean

1.80

1.80

1.65

1.94

0.132

(3,58)

0.941

 

 s.d.

0.91

1.10

1.13

0.79

    

GAFa

        

 mean

63.02

61.25

62

59.095

0.955

(3,95)

0.417

 

 s.d.

8.55

9.44

9.19

9.42

    

Number of BPD symptomsa

        

 mean

6.35

6.85

6.80

7.00

1.360

(3,95)

0.260

 

 s.d.

1.42

1.35

1.40

1.30

    

WAIa

        

 mean

57.22

52.77

57.36

60.96

0.974

(3,78)

0.409

 

 s.d.

11.70

18.00

12.49

15.09

    
  1. Values are expressed as numbers (with percentages in parentheses) or as means
  2. OQ-45 Outcome Questionnaire – 45.2, BSL Borderline Symptom List, GAF Global Assessment of Functioning, BPD Borderline Personality Disorder, WAI Working Alliance Inventory
  3. *Fisher’s exact test
  4. aOne-way ANOVA
  5. bKruskal-Wallis rank sum test
  6. cSignificant results from post-hoc test: Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test, significant threshold set at 0.05/6 = 0.0083
  7. dSignificant results from post-hoc test: Fisher’s exact test, significant threshold set at 0.05/6 = 0.0083
  8. Significant p-values are in bold