Table 1: Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants in both groups.
Variables | EDW (N = 87) | Control (N = 78) | ||
N (%) | M (SD) | N (%) | M (SD) | |
Age (years) | 32.9 (6.7) | 31.7 (6.7) | ||
Gender | ||||
Males | 87 (100.0) | 71 (91.0) | ||
Females | 0 (0.0) | 7 (9.0) | ||
Marital status | ||||
Single | 40 (46.0) | 42 (53.8) | ||
Married | 36 (41.4) | 25 (32.1) | ||
Divorced/Widow | 11 (12.6) | 11 (14.1) | ||
Educational level | ||||
Primary | 21 (24.1) | 31 (39.7) | ||
Preparatory | 14 (16.1) | 5 (6.4) | ||
Secondary | 31 (35.6) | 26 (33.3) | ||
Associate degree | 7 (8.0) | 5 (6.4) | ||
University or higher | 14 (16.1) | 11 (14.1) | ||
Occupation | ||||
Professional work | 8 (9.2) | 4 (5.1) | ||
Commercial work | 4 (4.6) | 4 (5.1) | ||
Occupational work | 57 (65.5) | 47 (60.3) | ||
Unemployed | 15 (17.2) | 18 (23.1) | ||
Student/House wife/others | 3 (3.4) | 5 (6.4) | ||
Financial status† | ||||
Not enough | 23 (26.7) | 25 (32.1) | ||
Enough | 56 (65.1) | 52 (66.7) | ||
More than enough | 7 (8.1) | 1 (1.3) | ||
Substances abused‡ | ||||
Cannabis | 66 (75.9) | 55 (70.5) | ||
Bango | 19 (21.8) | 22 (28.2) | ||
Heroin | 64 (73.6) | 63 (80.8) | ||
Chemical preparations | 69 (79.3) | 63 (80.8) | ||
Alcohol | 31 (35.6) | 35 (44.9) | ||
Others | 15 (17.2) | 16 (20.5) | ||
Duration of abuse (years) | 14.8 (10.0) | 13.7 (7.4) | ||
No of quitting trials§ | 13.3 (23.3) | 13.8 (15.8) | ||
No of hospital admission | 3.5 (4.1) | 4.4 (5.4) | ||
Time period after last admission (days) | 20.4 (9.9) | 62.4 (72.0) |
EDW = Expressive Disclosure Writing; †One respondent in the EDW group had a missing value; ‡This was a multiple response question where individuals may endorse more than one choice; §One respondent in the control group had a missing value.