Table 1 Overall demographic and clinical characteristics of patients
Baseline characteristics | Total n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (mean years ± SD) | 52.8 ± 11.4 |
Male | 206 (74.4) |
Race/ethnicity | |
Black | 183 (90.6) |
White | 18 (8.9) |
Hispanic | 1 (0) |
Current housing | |
Unhoused | 73 (26.6) |
Living in own place | 116 (42.3) |
Living with others | 78 (28.5) |
Transitional | 7 (2.6) |
Employment | |
Full time | 17 (6.3) |
Part time | 32 (11.8) |
Not working | 184 (67.6) |
Looking for work | 39 (14.3) |
Route of drug use | |
Injection | 47 (17.3) |
Snort | 154 (56.8) |
Both | 70 (25.8) |
Ever overdosed | 94 (33.8) |
Substance use history | |
Prescribed suboxone | 69 (24.9) |
Prescribed methadone | 55 (19.9) |
Prescribed suboxone and methadone | 24 (8.7) |
“Street” suboxone | 56 (20.2) |
“Street” methadone | 5 (1.8) |
“Street” suboxone and methadone | 7 (2.5) |
Crack/cocaine | 78 (28.3) |
Marijuana | 56 (20.3) |
Meth | 11 (4.0) |
PCP | 45 (16.3) |
Benzos | 23 (8.3) |
Alcohol | 23 (8.3) |
Tobacco | 174 (63.0) |
Chronic health conditions | |
HTN | 98 (35.4) |
Diabetes | 33 (11.9) |
HIV positive | 20 (7.2) |
On HIV treatment | 15 (5.4) |
HCV positive | 65 (23.5) |
Already treated | 50 (18.1) |
Treated in our ID Clinic | 19 (6.9) |
Mental health conditions | |
PTSD | 39 (14.1) |
Schizophrenia | 30 (10.8) |
Bipolar | 59 (21.3) |
Depression | 112 (40.4) |
Anxiety | 62 (22.7) |
Engaged in behavioral health care | |
Yes | 190 (68.6) |