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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (n = 149)

From: Factor structure of the depression anxiety stress Scale-21 (DASS-21): Unidimensionality of the Arabic version among Egyptian drug users

Characteristic

n (%)

Age

  ≤ 30 years

72 (48.3)

 31–40 years

61 (40.9)

  > 40 years

16 (10.7)

 Mean (SD) in years

32.5 (6.8)

Gender

 Males

142 (95.3)

 Females

7 (4.7)

Marital status

 Single

74 (49.7)

 Married

55 (36.9)

 Others

20 (13.4)

Education

 High school or less

114 (76.5)

 Above high school

35 (23.5)

Employment

 Employed

110 (73.8)

 Unemployed

39 (26.2)

Income (n = 148)a

 Enough

104 (69.8)

 Not enough

44 (29.5)

Lifetime substance useb

 Cannabis

112 (75.2)

 Bango

40 (26.8)

 Heroin

120 (80.5)

 Synthetic drugs

118 (79.2)

 Alcohol

62 (41.6)

 Others

31 (20.8)

Chronicity

  ≤ 10 years

50 (33.6)

 20 years –

75 (50.3)

  ≥ 30 years

24 (16.1)

 Mean (SD) in years

14.4 (7.1)

History of mental illness (n = 147)

 Yes

100 (67.1)

 No

47 (31.5)

Hospital stay

  ≤ 15 days

39 (26.2)

 16–30 days

73 (49.0)

  > 30 days

37 (24.8)

  1. aIncome was subjectively assessed by rating it as either enough or not enough. bParticipants used several substances concurrently