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Table 3 Characteristics of participants who returned for a take-home naloxone refill grouped by number of reported uses (n = 1054)

From: Who is using take-home naloxone? An examination of supersavers

Characteristics

All returning participants

Used THN 0–2 times

Used THN 3 or more times

p-Valuea

N

%

N

%

N

%

Gender

      

 0.09

Male

696

66.0

544

68.1

100

61.3

 

Female

351

33.3

250

31.5

62

38.0

 

Missing

7

0.7

5

0.5

1

0.6

 

Age (mean/SD)

38.2

10.1

38.3

10.1

36.4

9.6

0.02*b

Missing

45

4.3

27

3.4

9

5.5

 

Current opioid use

      

 0.01*

Yes

721

68.4

542

67.8

127

77.9

 

No

333

31.6

257

32.2

36

12.3

 

Witnessed overdoses

      

 0.001*

Never

80

7.6

61

7.8

6

3.8

 

Once

53

5.0

45

5.6

5

3.1

 

2–10 times

419

39.8

329

41.2

57

35.8

 

11–20 times

281

26.7

197

24.7

65

40.9

 

More than 20 times

200

19.0

154

19.3

26

16.4

 

Missing

21

2.0

13

1.6

4

2.5

 

Experienced overdoses

      

 0.09

Never

160

15.2

126

21.1

22

15.3

 

Once

49

4.6

38

6.4

5

3.5

 

2–10 times

411

39.0

294

49.2

87

60.4

 

11–20 times

99

9.4

81

13.6

14

9.7

 

More than 20 times

81

7.7

58

9.7

16

11.1

 

Missing

254

24.1

202

25.3

19

11.7

 
  1. *p =  < 0.05, THN: take-home naloxone
  2. aPearson Chi-square tests comparing participant characteristics against reported THN use rates (0–2 times, 3 or more times),
  3. bIndependent samples t test comparing age against reported THN use rates (0–2 times, 3 or more times)