Table 1 Characteristics of take-home naloxone participants at initial training (n = 1054)
From: Who is using take-home naloxone? An examination of supersavers
Characteristics | All returning participants | |
|---|---|---|
N | % | |
Gender | ||
Male | 696 | 66.0 |
Female | 351 | 33.3 |
Missing | 7 | 0.7 |
Age (mean/SD) | 38.2 | 10.1 |
Missing | 45 | 4.3 |
Current opioid use | ||
Yes | 721 | 68.4 |
No | 333 | 31.6 |
Witnessed overdoses | ||
Never | 80 | 7.6 |
Once | 53 | 5.0 |
2–10 times | 419 | 39.8 |
11–20 times | 281 | 26.7 |
More than 20 times | 200 | 19.0 |
Missing | 21 | 2.0 |
Experienced overdoses | ||
Never | 160 | 15.2 |
Once | 49 | 4.6 |
2–10 times | 411 | 39.0 |
11–20 times | 99 | 9.4 |
More than 20 times | 81 | 7.7 |
Missing | 254 | 24.1 |