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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents by sex and SUD

From: Challenges in detecting and diagnosing substance use in women in the acute psychiatric department: a naturalistic cohort study

Characteristics

Total

Women

Men

Interactions

SUD

SUD

SUD

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

  

n (%)

n (%)

p 1

n (%)

n (%)

p 1

n (%)

n (%)

p 1

p

Age, quartiles

 • 18–25

38 (27.1)

58 (23.9)

 

15 (33.3)

37 (26.2)

 

23 (24.2)

21 (20.6)

  

 • 26–37

38 (27.1)

59 (24.3)

 

14 (31.4)

35 (24.8)

 

24 (25.3)

24 (23.5)

  

 • 38–49

43 (30.7)

55 (22.6)

 

12 (26.7)

29 (20.6)

 

31 (32.6)

26 (25.5)

 

 • 50 +

21 (15)

71 (29.2)

.045

4 (8.9)

40 (28.4)

.067

17 (17.9)

31 (30.4)

.224

 

Marital status

 • Living with a partner

25 (17.9)

69 (28.7)

 

8 (17.8)

38 (27.3)

 

17 (17.9)

31 (30.7)

  

 • Living alone

115 (82.1)

171 (71.3)

.144

37 (82.2)

101 (72.7)

.120

78 (82.1)

70 (69.3)

.420

 

Parental responsibility

 • Yes

30 (21.4)

64 (26.3)

 

4 (8.9)

37 (28.1)

 

26 (27.4)

27 (26.5)

  

 • No

110 (78.6)

179 (73.7)

.048*

37 (91.1)

104 (71.9)

.013*

69 (72.6)

75 (73.5)

.887

<.001*

Education

 • Primary school

73 (52.1)

94 (39.2)

 

20 (44.4)

57 (41)

 

53 (55.8)

37 (36.6)

 

.001*

 • High school

53 (37.9)

106 (44.2)

 

18 (40)

61 (43.9)

 

35 (36.8)

45 (44.6)

 

<.001*

 • College/university

14 (10)

40 (16.7)

.029*

7 (15.6)

21 (15.1)

.806

7 (7.4)

19 (18.8)

.009*

-

Employment

 • Labour

38 (29.7)

46 (20.7)

 

12 (28.6)

29 (22.7)

 

26 (30.2)

17 (18.1)

  

 • Benefits/pension

90 (70.3)

176 (79.3)

.069

30 (71.4)

99 (77.3)

.533

60 (69.8)

77 (81.9)

.079

 

Legal status, admission

 • Coercion

41 (29.3)

46 (19.2)

 

14 (31.1)

26 (18.8)

 

27 (28.4)

20 (19.8)

  

 • Voluntarily

99 (70.7)

193 (80.8)

.031*

31 (68.9)

112 (81.2)

.098

68 (71.6

81 (80.2)

.182

 
  1. p1 estimated by Pearsons chi square tests. Interaction test by bivariate (a*b) logistic regression. Significance level p ≤ .05
  2. * statistically significant SUD substance use disorder