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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The Readiness Ruler as a measure of readiness to change poly-drug use in drug abusers

 

%

Mean of those reporting use

Std. dev.

Readiness ruler values

   

Alcohol

53%

3.6

3.6

Cannabis

69%

3.9

3.3

Benzodiazepines

37%

5.5

3.5

Cocaine

59%

6.7

3.5

Amphetamine

13%

7.6

3.7

Heroin

79%

8.2

2.4

Methadone

86%

3.7

3.4

Other opiates

11%

7.8

3.3

"Party" drugs (e.g., MDMA)

8%

6.4

5.1

Tobacco

95%

1.7

1.9

Proportion of illicit drugs in which change is considered

 

70%

30%

EuropASI-scores

 

Mean of all subjects

Std. dev.

Medical

 

0.31

0.39

Financial

 

0.92

0.20

Work

 

0.18

0.34

Alcohol

 

0.10

0.18

Drugs

 

0.35

0.12

Legal

 

0.25

0.33

Family

 

0.16

0.29

Interpersonal

 

0.30

0.32

Psychiatric

 

0.17

0.22

  1. Notes: N for the mean values of the RR varies, since subjects who did not report current use of a substance did not report readiness to change.