Substance use disorder treatment retention and completion: a prospective study of horse-assisted therapy (HAT) for young adults

Table 3 Logistic regression predicting likelihood of completing treatment: a multivatiate model of all variables listed

Variable	Item	Total	%	p value	Odds ratio	Confid. lower	Interval upper
Participation in HAT	No (0)	43	39.8
Participation in HAT	Yes (1)	65	60.2	<0.01	8.42	2.7	26.4
Gender	Female (0)	30	27.8
Gender	Male (1)	78	72.2	0.84	0.90	0.3	2.6
Age	<20 years (0)	14	13	0.25
	20–26 years (1)	74	68.5	0.11	4.37	0.7	26.0
	27+ years (2)	20	18.5	0.13	4.78	0.6	36.2
Years of schooling	<10 years (0)	18	16.7	0.41
	10–12 years (1)	70	64.8	0.20	2.58	0.6	10.1
	13+ years (2)	20	18.5	0.30	2.40	0.5	11.3
No. of substances	3 substances (0)	42	38.9	0.25
	2 substances (1)	31	28.7	0.09	2.66	0.9	8.4
	1 substances (2)	35	32.4	0.43	1.60	0.5	5.1
Substance severity^a	Less severe (0)	62	57.4
Substance severity^a	More severe (1)	46	42.6	0.47	1.42	0.6	3.7
HSCL-25^b	<1.75 (0)	19	17.6
HSCL-25^b	1.75+ (1)	89	82.4	0.90	1.11	0.3	3.9
Temporary exit	2+ re-entries (0)	19	17.6	0.67
	1 re-entry (1)	24	22.3	0.37	0.53	0.1	2.1
	No exit (2)	65	60.2	0.58	0.70	0.2	2.5

^aLess severe (cannabis and alchol) more severe (heroin, amphetamine, benzodiazepine, Gamma hydroxybutyrate, cocaine)
^bHopkins Symptom Checklist

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