Factors predicting satisfaction in outpatient substance abuse treatment: a prospective follow-up study

Table 1 Participants’ (N = 327) background and substance abuse information

	M	SD	n	%
Age (years)	43.1	11.4
Marital status
Single			211	64.5
Pair relationship			116	35.5
Education
Comprehensive school not completed			87	26.6
Comprehensive school			163	49.9
Upper secondary school			77	23.5
Employment status
Employed			139	42.5
Not employed			188	57.5
Housing
Owner-occupier			100	30.6
Tenant			192	58.7
Homeless			35	10.7
Substance used ^{a b}
Alcohol			315	97.5
Benzodiazepines			60	18.6
Cannabis			44	13.6
Amphetamine			37	11.5
Opioids			28	8.7
Cocaine			8	2.5
LSD			5	1.5
Others (incl. Substitute alcohol, solvents)			11	3.3
Type of drug use ^a
Single-substance use			236	73.3
Poly-substance use			86	26.7
Habit of using substance ^a
Daily			125	39.3
Periodically			127	39.9
At weekends			66	20.8
Duration of continuous abstinence period preceding admission (days) ^a
0–7			57	17.4
8–30			119	36.4
31–			151	46.2
Abstinent days during past 30 days
0–7			68	20.8
8–14			54	16.5
15–22			84	25.7
23–			121	37.0
Contacts with problem users ^a
Daily or almost daily			47	14.4
Weekly			83	25.4
Monthly			53	16.2
Less frequently			47	14.4
No contacts			97	29.6
Attitudes towards AA/NA
Positive or very positive			185	56.5
Neutral			115	35.2
Negative or very negative			27	8.3
Prior admission to the clinic
Yes			148	45.5
No			177	54.5
Voluntary admission
Yes			241	73.9
No			85	26.1
Client’s objective
Abstinence			131	40.7
Controlled use			191	59.3

Note. ^a For the year prior to treatment; ^b Percentages are measured of the total amount of the participants (N = 327) in every value of the variable

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