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Table 1 Sociodemographic and substance use disorder characteristics of participants (N = 1204)

From: The prevalence and correlates of substance use disorders among patients of two different treatment settings in Thailand

Variable

MH

PHC

P-valuea

MH

PHC

P-valuea

Sample

Sample

Any substance use disorder

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

Age (years)

47.3 (13.8)

53.3 (14.1)

< 0.001

44.3 (12.7)

47.4 (14.5)

0.296

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

All

591 (49.1)

613 (50.9)

 

69 (11.7)

33 (5.4)

 

Sex

 Female

451 (76.3)

443 (72.3)

0.267

28 (40.6)

10 (30.3)

0.298

 Male

140 (23.7)

170 (27.7)

 

41 (59.4)

23 (69.7)

 

Formal education

 Primary or less

225 (38.5)

394 (64.5)

< 0.001

29 (43.3)

16 (48.5)

0.256

 Secondary

185 (31.7)

163 (26.7)

 

24 (35.8)

13 (39.4)

 

 Post-secondary

174 (29.8)

54 (8.8)

 

14 (20.9)

4 (12.1)

 

Marital status

 Single/divorced/separated/widowed

246 (41.7)

139 (22.7)

< 0.001

40 (58.8)

6 (18.2)

< 0.001

 Married

344 (58.3)

473 (77.3)

 

28 (41.2)

27 (81.8)

 

Employment status

 No

190 (32.4)

153 (25.1)

0.132

20 (29.4)

6 (18.2)

0.244

 Yes

397 (67.6)

456 (74.9)

 

48 (70.6)

27 (81.8)

 

In debt

 No/Little

426 (72.1)

454 (74.1)

0.522

49 (71.0)

26 (78.8)

0.405

 High

165 (27.9)

159 (25.9)

 

20 (29.0)

7 (21.2)

 

Social support

 Poor

104 (17.8)

102 (16.9)

< 0.001

17 (24.6)

3 (9.4)

0.098

 Moderate

272 (46.6)

375 (62.0)

 

37 (53.6)

24 (75.0)

 

 Strong

208 (35.6)

128 (21.1)

 

15 (21.7)

5 (15.6)

 

Chronic conditions

 None

211 (35.9)

232 (38.2)

0.711

29 (42.6)

12 (36.4)

0.832

 1–2

228 (38.8)

228 (37.5)

 

22 (32.4)

12 (36.4)

 

 3 or more

148 (25.2)

148 (24.3)

 

17 (25.0)

9 (27.3)

 

Major depression and/or generalized anxiety disorder

 No

462 (88.6)

505 (83.5)

 

47 (69.1)

23 (71.9)

 

 Yes

126 (21.4)

100 (16.5)

0.027

21 (30.9)

9 (28.1)

0.779

  1. MH Monk healer setting, PHC Primary Health Care setting, M Mean, SD Standard deviation, aBased on Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test