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Table 1 Demographic information reported by sample participants (n = 77)

From: The relationship between self-reported substance use and psychiatric symptoms in low-threshold methadone maintenance treatment clients

Characteristic

% (n) of Sample or [M{SD}]

Age

Years

[39.66{8.79}]

Gender

Male

62.3 (48)

 

Female

37.7 (29)

Psychiatric Medication

Prescribed antidepressant (e.g., citalopram)

33.8 (26)

 

Prescribed antipsychotic (e.g., quetiapine)

22.1 (17)

 

Prescribed any psychiatric medication

63.6 (49)

Education

Less than high school/equivalent

50.6 (39)

 

Completed high school/equivalent

49.4 (38)

Ethnicity

Caucasian

80.5 (62)

 

Non-Caucasian/multiple ethnicities

19.5 (15)

Income

$10 000 or less per year

67.5 (52)

 

More than $10 000 per year

32.5 (25)

Living Status

Renting

87.0 (67)

 

Community Shelter

10.4 (8)

 

Other

2.6 (2)

Current MMT program use

Years enrolled in current program prior to study interview

[3.00]1

 

Daily methadone dose (mg)

[112.04{43.97}]

 

Days/past 30 methadone used

[28.36{4.48}]

 

Proportion enrolled in previous MMT programs

46.8 (36)

  1. 1Median is reported due to the large standard deviation for this variable: M(SD) = 3.40(3.05)