Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Patient perspectives on naloxone receipt in the emergency department: a qualitative exploration
Characteristic | Study group (n = 25) |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 37 (11) |
Gender, no. (%) | |
Male | 15 (60) |
Highest level of education, no. (%) | |
High school/GED or less | 9 (36) |
Associate degree or some college | 8 (32) |
Bachelor’s degree | 6 (24) |
Unknown/not reported | 2 (8) |
Race, no. (%) | |
Black or African American | 12 (48) |
White | 10 (40) |
More than one race | 3 (8) |
Ethnicity, no. (%) | |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 (8) |
Housing status, no. (%) | |
Permanent housing, stable | 18 (72) |
Recovery house | 2 (8) |
Unstably housed | 4 (16) |
Unknown/not reported | 1 (4) |
Insurance status, no. (%) | |
Medicaid | 18 (72) |
Commercial | 4 (16) |
Medicare | 2 (4) |
Uninsured | 1 (4) |
Phone status, no. (%) | |
Has access to a smartphone | 24 (96) |
Has access to a mobile phone (not a smartphone) | 1 (4) |
Personal history of overdose, no. (%) | |
Has previously overdosed | 12 (48) |
Witnessed an overdose | |
Has previously witnessed an overdose | 18 (72) |