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Table 1 Socio-demographic and addiction characteristics

From: Problem alcohol use among problem drug users in primary care: a qualitative study of what patients think about screening and treatment

Male

21

Mean Age (SD)

39.4 (8.2)

Unemployed

24

Attends Level 1 GP

12

Attends Level 2 GP

16

Geographical area of GP:

 

Southwest

17

East

2

North

9

Housing:

 

Council house

8

Rented

12

Owned

4

Transitional

1

Parents’ house (family)

1

Past Drug use:

 

Heroin

23

Cocaine (crack)

2

Codeine (opiates)

1

Speed (amphetamines)

1

Mean Age of onset (SD)

20.6 (7.0)

Ever injected drugs

23

Mean age of first injection (SD)

21.5 (7.0)

Current Drug use:

Yes = 15

Heroin

4

Cocaine (crack)

1

Cannabis

6

Benzodiazepines

6

Currently injecting

5

Hepatitis C positive (HCV)

16

Mean length of methadone use in years (SD)

14.1 (8.2)

Current mean methadone dose (SD)

75.4 (23.8)

Mean AUDIT score (SD)*

11 (9.6)

Low-risk drinking

9

Hazardous drinking

8

Harmful drinking

0

Dependent drinking

5

Missing information

6

  1. * We used AUDIT in a preceding prevalence survey in this population [1], and considered it a valid tool to establish level of problem alcohol use (i.e. low-risk drinking = 0–7, hazardous = 8–16, harmful = 16–19, dependent = 20+).