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Table 1 Demographic features of the sample at baseline stratified according to cognitive impairment

From: Cognitive impairment as a predictor of long-term psychological distress in patients with polysubstance use disorders: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

 

Total Sample

MoCA® < 26

WASI FSIQ

BRIEF-A GEC

Impaired (n = 53)

Nonimpaired (n = 109)

Impaired (n = 30)

Nonimpaired (n = 133)

Impaired (n = 87)

Nonimpaired (n = 58)

Age at baseline, \(\overline{x}\) (SD)

27.6 (7.5)

27.6 (7.8)

27.6 (7.4)

26.0 (8.3)

27.9 (7.3)

27.6 (8.3)*

28.7 (5.6)

Male gender, n(%)

107 (65.2)

35 (66.0)

71 (65.1)

18 (60.0)

88 (66.1)

60 (68.9)

36 (62.1)

Education at baseline, years, \(\overline{x}\) (SD)

11.6 (1.7)

11.6 (1.8)

11.6 (1.7)

11.3 (1.7)

11.7 (1.7)

11.5 (1.6)

11.8 (1.8)

Income from work or other meaningful daily activity, n(%)

101 (61.6)

31 (58.5)

68 (62.4)

16 (53.3)

84 (63.2)

51 (58.6)

36 (62.1)

Work experience, years, \(\overline{x}\) (SD)a)

5.5 (5.8)

6.4 (7.0)

5.2 (5.1)

3.9 (4.1)

5.9 (6.1)

5.5 (6.5)

6.0 (4.4)

Substance debut age, \(\overline{x}\) (SD) b)

13.1 (2.1)

13.0 (2.0)

13.2 (2.1)

12.8 (1.7)

13.1 (2.2)

13.0 (2.0)

13.5 (2.4)

Years of substance use, \(\overline{x}\) (SD) b)

14.5 (7.5)

15.0 (7.8)

14.9 (7.3)

14.9 (8.4)

14.9 (7.3)

14.7 (8.4)

15.3 (5.8)

Treatment attempts, \(\overline{x}\) (SD)

1.6 (2.3)

1.5 (1.7)

1.8 (2.8)

1.7 (2.2)

1.7 (2.5)

1.4 (1.9)*

2.2 (3.1)

Intravenous drug ever used, n(%)c)

100 (61.3)

31 (59.6)

68 (62.4)

16 (53.3)

83 (62.9)

54 (62.8)

39 (67.2)

  1. MoCA® Montreal Cognitive Assessment®, WASI FSIQ Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Full Scale IQ, BRIEF-A GEC Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Adult version Global Executive Composite, SD Standard Deviation. a) Missing data from 16 participants, b) Missing data from 2 participants, c) Missing data from one participant. *p < .05