Table 1 Sample descriptives of incoming substance use disorder patients in Norway, 2012–2015
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Age (mean) | 33.7 (SD 9.9) |
Female | 156 (28.4) |
Single | 512 (93.3) |
Norwegian-born | 496 (90.7) |
Primary education or less | 323 (59.4) |
Unemployed | 479 (87.2) |
Has children | 245 (45.6) |
Clinical anxiety symptoms | 303 (56.7) |
Clinical depression symptoms | 300 (56.2) |
Chronic disease(s) | 398 (72.5) |
Physically inactive | 319 (58.3) |
Physically active | 228 (41.7) |
Weight evaluation | |
Satisfied with weight | 235 (45.6) |
Considers self underweight | 126 (24.5) |
Considers self overweight | 154 (29.9) |
Medication-free treatment | 266 (48.5) |
OMT | 283 (51.5) |
Injected, past 4 weeks. | 196 (35.8) |
Substance user category | |
Prescribed OMT and/or medications only | 8 (1.5) |
Substance- and medication-free | 4 (0.7) |
Single-substance user | 34 (6.3) |
Polysubstance user | 497 (91.5) |
Previous SUD treatment in months, median | |
Inpatient | 8.0 |
Outpatient | 13.5 |
Most used substance, past 6 months | |
Alcohol | 43 (7.9) |
Cannabis | 92 (16.9) |
Heroin | 133 (24.4) |
Methadone/buprenorphine | 120 (21.5) |
Benzodiazepine | 38 (7.0) |
Amphetamine | 107 (19.6) |
Social network | |
Substance-free | 176 (32.2) |
Substance-using | 277 (50.6) |
Socially isolated | 94 (17.2) |
Stable recent living situation | 428 (78.5) |
Eats most meals alone | 245 (45.9) |
East with someone else | 289 (54.1) |
Recent living situation | |
Homeless | 56 (10.2) |
Temporary housing | 26 (4.7) |
Institution | 127 (23.2) |
Owned or rented | 267 (48.7) |
Other | 72 (13.1) |