Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at baseline.

From: Associations between happiness with social factors and opioid agonist therapy among people who inject drugs

 

Patients (n = 967)

Sex, nº (%)

 

Male

685 (71)

Female

282 (29)

Age groups, nº (%)

 

< 25

35 (4)

25 - <40

353 (36)

40 - <60

518 (54)

≥ 60

61 (6)

Duration of OAT treatment in years, mean (SD)

8 (6)

Sociodemographic variables, nº (%)

 

10 years of education or less

475 (49)

Not formal paid work

929 (96)

Stable housinga

845 (87)

Living alone

632 (65)

Having children

507 (53)

Having children < 18 years

209 (46)

Injected drugs last 30 days

306 (42)

Current OAT medication, nº (%)

 

Methadone

310 (32)

Buprenorphine

515 (53)

Other

142 (15)

Non-prescribed substance use during the past 30 days, nº (%) b

 

Alcohol

498 (55)

Benzodiazepines

484 (53)

Cannabis

579 (64)

Opioids

257 (28)

Stimulantsc

377 2)

  1. aStable housing included living in owned or rented housing or at an institution during the last 30 days.
  2. bEach substance class was dichotomized as 0 (no used in the past 30 days) or 1 (used in the past 30 days) and included only non-prescribed substances.
  3. cAmphetamine, methamphetamine or cocaine.
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