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Table 1 Characteristics of Take-Home Naloxone participants by refill and reversal status (N = 1,295)

From: Sweden’s first Take-Home Naloxone program: participant characteristics, dose endpoints and predictors for overdose reversals

Variable

All

No Refill

Refill received

RR (CI)

P-value

No Reversal

Reversal reported

RR (CI)

P-value

N = 1,295

N = 333

N = 962

  

N = 392

N = 570

  

Gender

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

  

N (%)

N (%)

  

 Man

951 (73.4)

256 (76.9)

695 (72.2)

1 (ref)

-

266 (67.9)

429 (75.3)

1 (ref)

-

 Woman

344 (26.6)

77 (23.1)

267 (27.8)

1.06 (0.99, 1.14)

0.09

126 (32.1)

141 (24.7)

0.86 (0.75, 0.97)

 < .02

Age at inclusion

 Mean (SD)

38.0 (11.3)

39.8 (11.8)

37.4 (11.0)

-2.4 (-3.8, -1.01)

0.001

37.9 (11.3)

37.0 (10.7)

-0.87 (-2.29, 0.54)

0.23

 Median (IQR)

36 (29–46)

39 (30–50)

35.5 (29–45)

-3 (-5.19, -0.81)

 < .01

36 (29–46)

35 (29–44)

-1 (-2.96, 0.96)

0.32

Country of birth

 Sweden

984 (76.0)

248 (74.5)

736 (76.5)

1 (ref)

-

305 (77.8)

431 (75.6)

1 (ref)

-

 Rest of Europe

109 (8.4)

34 (10.2)

75 (7.8)

0.92 (0.81, 1.05)

0,21

35 (8.9)

40 (7.0)

0.91 (0.73, 1.14)

0.41

 Rest of the World

150 (11.6)

42 (12.6)

108 (11.2)

0.96 (0.87, 1.07)

0.48

36 (9.2)

72 (12.6)

1.14 (0.98, 1.32)

0.08

 Missing

52 (4.0)

9 (2.7)

43 (4.5)

-

-

16 (4.1)

27 (4.7)

-

-

Housing situation

 Stable

451 (34.8)

139 (41.7)

312 (32.4)

1 (ref)

-

132 (33.7)

180 (31.6)

1 (ref)

-

 Unstable

532 (41.1)

124 (37.2)

408 (42.4)

1.11 (1.03, 1.20)

 < .01

169 (43.1)

239 (41.9)

1.02 (0.90, 1.15)

0.81

 Homeless

238 (18.4)

52 (15.6)

186 (19.3)

1.13 (1.03, 1.24)

 < .01

69 (17.6)

117 (20.5)

1.09 (0.94, 1.26)

0.25

 Other

68 (5.3)

17 (5.1)

51 (5.3)

1.08 (0.93, 1.26)

0.29

20 (5.1)

31 (5.4)

1.05 (0.83, 1.34)

0.67

 Missing

6 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

5 (0.5)

-

 

2 (0.5)

3 (0.5)

-

-

Income type

 Stable

207 (16.0)

57 (17.1)

150 (15.6)

1 (ref)

-

66 (16.8)

84 (14.7)

1 (ref)

-

 Irregular

1,040 (80.3)

262 (78.7)

778 (80.9)

1.03 (0.94, 1.13)

0.49

311 (79.3)

467 (81.9)

1.07 (0.92, 1.25)

0.37

 Other

40 (3.1)

12 (3.6)

28 (2.9)

0.97 (0.78, 1.20)

0.76

12 (3.1)

16 (2.8)

1.02 (0.72, 1.45)

0.91

 Missing

8 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

6 (0.6)

-

-

3 (0.8)

3 (0.5)

-

-

Education level

  < 9 years

138 (10.7)

29 (8.7)

109 (1.3)

1 (ref)

-

42 (10.7)

67 (11.8)

1 (ref)

-

 9 years

554 (42.8)

141 (42.3)

413 (42.9)

0.94 (0.85, 1.04)

0.25

162 (41.3)

251 (44.0)

0.99 (0.84, 1.17)

0.9

  > 9 years

576 (44.5)

156 (46.8)

420 (43.7)

0.92 (0.84, 1.02)

0.12

182 (46.4)

238 (41.8)

0.92 (0.78, 1.09)

0.35

 Missing

27 (2.1)

7 (2.1)

20 (2.1)

-

-

6 (1.5)

14 (2.5)

-

-

Primary drug

 Opioids

861 (66.5)

206 (61.9)

655 (68.1)

1 (ref)

-

255 (65.2)

400 (70.3)

1 (ref)

-

 Stimulants

372 (28.7)

109 (32.7)

263 (27.3)

0.93 (0.86, 1.0)

0.06

118 (30.2)

145 (25.5)

0.90 (0.80, 1.02)

0.11

 Benzodiazepines

34 (2.6)

4 (1.2)

30 (3.1)

1.16 (1.02, 1.32)

0.02

13 (3.3)

17 (3.0)

0.93 (0.67, 1.28)

0.65

 Other

23 (1.8)

11 (3.3)

12 (1.2)

0.69 (0.46, 1.02)

0.06

5 (1.3)

7 (1.2)

0.96 (0.59, 1.55)

0.59

 Missing

5 (0.4)

3 (0.9)

2 (0.2)

  

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

-

-

Ever experienced personal overdose

 No

454 (35.1)

134 (40.2)

320 (33.3)

1 (ref)

-

168 (42.9)

152 (26.7)

1 (ref)

-

 Yes

795 (61.4)

183 (55.0)

612 (63.6)

1.09 (1.02, 1.17)

 < .02

213 (54.3)

399 (70.0)

1.37 (1.21, 1.56)

 < .001

 Missing

46 (3.6)

16 (4.8)

30 (3.1)

-

-

11 (2.8)

19 (3.3)

-

-

Most recent personal overdose

  < 12 months ago

340 (42.8)

69 (37.7)

271 (44.3)

1 (ref)

-

85 (39.9)

186 (46.6)

1 (ref)

-

  > 12 months ago

442 (55.6)

114 (62.3)

328 (53.6)

0.93 (0.86, 1.01)

0.07

123 (57.7)

205 (51.4)

0.91 (0.81, 1.02)

0.11

 Missing

13 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

13 (2.1)

-

-

5 (2.3)

8 (2.0)

-

-

Ever witnessed overdose

 No

210 (16.2)

61 (18.3)

149 (15.5)

1 (ref)

-

82 (20.9)

67 (11.8)

1 (ref)

-

 Yes

1,049 (81.0)

261 (78.4)

788 (81.9)

1.06 (0.96, 1.16)

0.23

301 (76.8)

487 (85.4)

1.37 (1.14, 1.66)

0.001

 Missing

36 (2.8)

11 (3.3)

25 (2.6)

-

-

9 (2.3)

16 (2.8)

-

-

Most recent witnessed overdose

  < 12 months ago

562 (53.6)

118 (45.2)

444 (56.3)

1 (ref)

-

132 (43.9)

312 (64.1)

1 (ref)

-

  > 12 months ago

465 (44.3)

136 (52.1)

329 (41.8)

0.90 (0.83, 0.96)

 < .01

162 (53.8)

167 (34.3)

0.72 (0.64, 0.82)

 < .001

 Missing

22 (2.1)

7 (2.7)

15 (1.9)

-

-

7 (2.3)

8 (1.6)

-

-

Time in study

 Mean days (SD)

637.7 (470.0)

319.1 (344.7)

747.9 (456.7)

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

 < .001

639.0 (427.4)

822.8 (461.5)

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

 < .001

  1. RR Risk Ratio, CI Confidence Interval