Traditional Chinese Medicine-Guided Dietary Intervention for Male Youth Undergoing Drug Detoxification: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Drug abuse characteristics of the two groups at baseline.

Index	Intervention group (n = 62)	Control group (n = 61)	χ^2 value	value
Years of drug abuse			1.256	0.869
1 year	2 (3.2)	3 (4.9)
2 years	7 (11.3)	8 (13.1)
3 years	18 (29.0)	20 (32.8)
4–6 years	28 (45.2)	26 (42.6)
7–15 years	7 (11.3)	4 (6.6)
Drug types (multiple selection)			23.741	0.254
Methamphetamine	62	60
Ecstasy	16	7
Ketamine (K powder)	37	36
Heroin (yellow peel/white powder)	1	2
Opium	1	0
Cocaine	0	1
Marijuana	12	11
Ephedrine	4	4
Pethidine	0	1
Morphine	1	0
Methadone	1	0
Somedon	1	0
Tramadol	0	1
GHB	0	2
Other	0	1
Drug abuse patterns (multiple selection)			31.611	0.386
Smoke gun suction	42	37
Ironing suction	24	32
Nasal suction	19	23
Pipe suction	20	26
Cigarette smoking	5	8
Oral administration	3	6
Dissolve in beverage	3	6
Daily amount of drug abuse			1.859	0.602
0.1–0.5 g	21 (33.9)	20 (32.8)
0.5–1.0 g	26 (41.9)	32 (52.5)
1.0–2.0 g	10 (16.1)	8 (13.1)
2 g or more	3 (4.8)	1 (1.6)
Frequency of drug detoxification			6.801	0.079
1 time	57 (91.9)	56 (91.8)
2 times	0 (0.0)	4 (6.6)
3 times	4 (6.5)	1 (1.6)
4 times	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)