Barriers to addiction treatment among formerly incarcerated adults with substance use disorders

Table 1 Sample characteristics among 28 adults with a SUD recently released from jail

	Mean (SD)	n (%)
Age (years)	35.1 (10.1)
Male		27 (96.4%)
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic		7 (25.0%)
Biracial/multiracial		7 (25.0%)
American Indian/Alaskan native		6 (21.4%)
Non-Hispanic White		5 (17.9%)
Other		3 (10.7%)
Days Incarcerated*	168.5 (106.9)
Any current substance use disorder**		23 (85.2%)
Current alcohol use disorder**		19 (70.4%)
Current drug use disorder**		14 (51.9%)
Lifetime alcohol use disorder		28 (100.0%)
Lifetime drug use disorder		26 (92.9%)
Lifetime alcohol treatment episodes	3.9 (5.2)
Lifetime drug treatment episodes	2.1 (3.1)
Post-release percent days abstinent	67.9 (38.4)
Post-release treatment seeking (formal or informal)		10 (35.7%)

*Data for n = 2 participants were removed because they were incarcerated for more than 2 SD from the mean (range = 31–874 days)
**Data were available for n = 27 participants only. Of the 27 participants with complete diagnostic data, the n = 4 participants who did not meet criteria for any current substance use disorder all had been incarcerated in jail for more than 12 months

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