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Table 3 Rates of tobacco use, alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C), recent cannabis use, symptoms of depression (PHQ-2), and anxiety (GAD-2), by smoking status

From: Comorbid tobacco and other substance use and symptoms of anxiety and depression among hospitalised orthopaedic trauma patients

Characteristic

Smokersa

(n = 175)

n (%)

Non-smokersa

(n = 628)

n (%)

p-value

Smoking status

Daily smoker

157 (89.7%)

–

 
 

Occasional Smoker

18 (10.3%)

–

 
 

Ex-smoker

–

235 (37.4%)

 
 

Non-smoker

–

393 (62.6%)

 
 

Missing

0

0

 

Alcohol consumption

Non-drinker

26 (15.3%)

159 (26.1%)

< 0.001

 

Non- hazardous drinker

25 (14.7%)

165 (27.1%)

 
 

Hazardous drinker

119 (70.0%)

286 (46.9%)

 
 

Missing

5

18

 

Cannabis use in last 30 days

No

122 (70.1%)

597 (96.0%)

< 0.001

 

Yes

52 (29.9%)

25 (4.0%)

 
 

Missing

1

6

 

Mix tobacco with cannabis?

No

119 (68.4%)

596 (96%)

< 0.001

 

Yes, every time I smoke

40 (23.0%)

9 (1.5%)

 
 

Yes, sometimes

15 (8.6%)

16 (2.6%)

 
 

Missing

1

7

 

Depression

Below threshold for depression marker

141 (81.0%)

550 (88.7%)

0.008

 

Above threshold for depression marker

33 (19.0%)

70 (11.3%)

 
 

Missing

1

8

 

Anxiety

Below threshold for anxiety marker

140 (80.9%)

554 (89.4%)

0.003

 

Above threshold for anxiety marker

33 (19.1%)

66 (10.7%)

 
 

Missing

2

8

 

Either depression or anxiety

Below threshold

125 (72.3%)

516 (83.2%)

0.001

 

Above threshold

48 (27.6%)

104 (16.8%)

 
 

Missing

2

8

 

Both depression and anxiety

Below threshold

155 (89.6%)

588 (94.8%)

0.013

 

Above threshold

18 (10.4%)

32 (5.2%)

 
 

Missing

2

8

 
  1. aSome respondents may have dropped out during survey completion due to fatigue