“Becoming myself”: how participants in a longitudinal substance use disorder recovery study experienced receiving continuous feedback on their results

Table 2 Baseline and follow up demographic, clinical, treatment-related, psychological and social variables

	Baseline (n = 30)	Year 1 (n = 30)	Year 2 (n = 30)	Year 3 (n = 30)	Endpoint assessment
					Year 4 (n = 10)	Year 5 (n = 20)
Demographics
Age, years	25.9 (5.5)
Male/female, n	17/13
Education, years	12.8 (1.8)
Substance use history
Age at initial use (years)	13.1 (1.8)
Years of drug use	12.9 (6.0)
AUDIT score	11.9 (11.4)	3.4 (7.6)	2.3 (4.1)	2.9 (6.8)	4.4 (7.0)	2.2 (3.2)
DUDIT score	29.0 (15.9)	6.6 (13.1)	3.1 (11.5)	1.9 (8.5)	0 (−)	0 (−)
Treatment
Previous treatment attempts	1.3 (2.0)	–	–	–	–	–
Currently outpatient, n (%)	13 (43)	17 (57)	8 (27)	5 (17)	2 (20)	2 (10)
Currently inpatient, n (%)	17 (57)	5 (17)	4 (13)	2 (7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Currently in self-help group^a, n (%)	13 (43)	13 (43)	15 (50)	10 (33)	4 (40)	3 (14)
Social variables^b
Permanent housing, n (%)	15 (50)	25 (83)	25 (83)	26 (87)	10 (100)	21 (100)
Stable income, n (%)	16 (53)	21 (70)	27 (90)	27 (90)	10 (100)	21 (100)
Employed/student, n (%)	5 (17)	7 (23)	14 (47)	19 (63)	10 (100)	21 (100)
Abstinent friends^c, n (%)	24 (80)	25 (83)	26 (87)	27 (90)	10 (100)	21 (100)
Psychological measures
SCL90-R GSI	1.2 (0.7)	0.7 (0.7)	0.6 (0.5)	0.5 (0.4)	0.5 (0.4)	0.4 (0.5)
BRIEF-A GEC	67.2 (11.3)	57.2 (11.3)	54.9 (12.6)	51. (10.9)	52.5 (10.5)	50.4 (11.2)
SWLS, sum score	17.5 (6.8)	24.8 (6.7)	24.8 (5.2)	25.2 (5.4)	25.3 (2.7)	27.4 (5.0)

All numbers are the mean (± standard deviation), unless otherwise specified. Abbreviations: SCL-90-R GSI, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised Global Severity Index T-score; BRIEF-A GEC, Behavioural Rating Inventory of Executive Function Adult Version Global Executive Composite T-score; SWLS, Satisfaction With Life Scale; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; DUDIT, Drug Use Disorder Identification Test
^aCurrently in self-help group, such as NA/AA and the like
^bSocial variables are positive responses to yes/no questions
^cFriends without a history of substance use

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