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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: The effects of motivational interviewing on patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit - a randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up

 

Intervention group N (%)

Control group N (%)

p-value a

Male

38 (56.7)

40 (58.8)

0.941

Single, separated or widow

52 (77.6)

52 (76.5)

1.000

Receiving disability payment, pensions or benefits

48 (71.6)

54 (79.4)

0.395

No housing, institution or hospice

8 (11.9)

14 (20.6)

0.260

Education

  

0.506

<10 years of schooling

20 (29.9)

20 (29.4)

 

10-12 years of schooling

29 (43.3)

35 (51.5)

 

>12 years of schooling

18 (26.9)

13 (19.1)

 

Admitted by coercion

8 (11.9)

9 (13.2)

1.000

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value b

Age

36.9 (14.0)

36.1 (13.4)

0.728

Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, Split Version, Symptom score

41.9 (9.2)

40.9 (9.7)

0.517

Global Assessment of Functioning Scale Split Version, Function score

43.6 (8.4)

42.5 (8.4)

0.457

  1. a χ 2 –test.
  2. b independent –samples t-test.