Problem opioid use and HIV primary care engagement among hospitalized people who use drugs and/or alcohol

Critchley, Lacey; Carrico, Adam; Gukasyan, Natalie; Jacobs, Petra; Mandler, Raul N.; Rodriguez, Allan E.; del Rio, Carlos; Metsch, Lisa R.; Feaster, Daniel J.

doi:10.1186/s13722-020-00192-9

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

Table 1 Demographic differences of participants according to reported primary problem drug

From: Problem opioid use and HIV primary care engagement among hospitalized people who use drugs and/or alcohol

	Opioids (N = 95)		No Problem Drug Use (N = 83)		Alcohol (N = 182)		Stimulants (N = 287)		Cannabis (N = 46)		Polydrug with Alcohol (N = 62)		Polydrug no Alcohol (N = 40)		Other (N = 5)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex																	0.02^b
Male	58	61.1	51	61.5	141	77.5	179	62.4	35	76.1	44	70.8	28	70.0	4	80.0
Female	37	39.0	32	38.6	41	22.5	108	37.6	11	23.9	18	29.0	12	30.0	1	20.0
Age^a	48	8.6	43	10.8	44	10.3	45	9.0	34	9.5	43	9.6	43	9.8	39	13.3	< 0.001^b
Race																	< 0.001^b
NH Black	63	67.0	61	73.5	139	76.8	231	80.8	39	86.7	41	66.1	21	52.5	3	60.0
NH white	11	11.7	12	14.5	25	13.8	25	8.7	3	6.7	11	17.7	13	32.5	0	0.0
Hispanic	20	21.3	10	12.1	14	7.7	25	8.7	2	4.4	9	14.5	5	12.5	2	40.0
NH other	0	0.0	0	0.00	3	1.7	5	1.8	1	2.2	1	1.6	1	2.5	0	0.0
Education																	0.44
< High School	42	44.2	29	34.9	62	34.1	126	43.9	14	30.4	26	41.9	17	42.5	2	40.0
High School/GED	37	39.0	29	34.9	67	36.8	88	30.7	18	39.1	21	33.9	10	25.0	1	20.0
> High School	16	16.8	25	30.1	53	29.1	73	25.4	14	30.4	15	24.2	13	32.5	2	40.0
Employment status																	< 0.001^b
Working	4	4.21	15	18.1	32	17.6	23	8.0	8	17.4	8	12.9	3	7.5	0	0.0
Unemployed	36	37.9	28	33.7	64	35.2	85	29.6	22	47.8	27	43.6	16	40.0	2	40.0
Disabled	46	48.4	38	45.8	79	43.4	172	59.9	14	30.4	27	43.6	20	50.0	3	60.0
Other	9	9.5	2	2.4	7	3.9	7	2.4	2	4.4	0	0.0	1	2.5	0	0.0
Annual income, $1000s^a	7.3	7.8	16.7	40.7	12.7	12.5	9.9	9.6	10.4	10.4	75.3	8.8	7.4	7.3	9.8	3.6	0.02^b
Marital Status																	0.32
Married/cohabitating	13	13.7	11	13.3	25	13.7	32	11.2	3	6.5	4	6.5	2	5.0	0	0.0
Widowed/divorced/separated	25	26.3	20	24.1	34	18.7	75	26.1	6	13.0	13	21.0	7	17.5	1	20.0
Never married	57	60.0	52	62.7	123	67.6	180	62.7	37	80.4	45	72.6	31	77.5	4	80.0
Health insurance	72	75.8	60	73.2	119	65.4	204	72.1	23	50.0	30	48.4	22	55.0	3	75.0	< 0.001^b
Unstably housed
Most of last 6 months	24	25.5	17	21.8	37	20.4	81	28.4	10	21.7	18	29.5	7	17.5	1	20.0	0.49
Any of last 6 months	42	44.2	18	22.5	58	32.4	119	42.2	17	37.8	28	45.9	12	30.8	4	80.0	0.005^b
Incarcerated
Last 6 months	16	17.0	10	12.1	21	11.5	50	17.4	7	15.2	8	13.1	9	22.5	0	0.0	0.47
Ever	81	86.2	54	65.1	130	71.4	236	82.2	29	63.0	52	85.3	35	87.5	3	60.0	< 0.001^b
US born	80	84.2	79	95.2	166	91.2	274	95.5	43	93.5	58	93.6	38	95.0	5	100.0	0.027^b
US geography																	<.001^b
North	81	85.3	58	69.9	90	49.5	117	40.8	18	39.1	15	24.2	17	42.5	5	100.0
South	14	14.7	25	30.1	92	50.6	170	59.2	28	60.9	47	75.8	23	57.5	0	0.0
Food insecure	56	59.0	69	83.1	127	69.8	177	61.7	27	58.7	31	50.0	25	62.5	4	80.0	0.001^b
Previous drug/alcohol treatment	68	71.6	34	41.0	83	45.9	187	65.2	7	15.2	37	59.7	24	60.0	2	40.0	< 0.001^b
Length of time since HIV diagnosis in months^a	172.1	100.9	158.3	100.4	123.0	103.0	162.2	102.3	97.6	83.2	136.2	98.9	153.0	109.0	160.6	126.3	< 0.001^b

Denominators vary due to missing data
^a Mean and standard deviation presented; ^b Denotes statistical significance at α= 0.05

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