Predicting Inpatient Detoxification Outcome of Alcohol and Drug Dependent Patients: The Influence of Sociodemographic Environment, Motivation, Impulsivity, and Medical Comorbidities
Table 1
(a) Results of likelihood Chi square test for sociodemographic determinants of premature treatment drop-out.
Characteristics
Total
Treatment completed
Dropped out of treatment
p
Age (years)
43.8
46.3
39.4
0.0001
Sex
0.0365
Male
619 (74.4%)
378 (61.1%)
241 (38.9%)
Female
213 (25.6%)
147 (69.0%)
66 (31.0%)
Partnership
0.0020
Living in a partnership
330 (39.7%)
229 (69.4%)
101 (30.6%)
No partnership
501 (60.3%)
295 (58.9%)
206 (41.1%)
Living situation
0.0469
Living alone
456 (54.8%)
274 (60.1%)
182 (39.9%)
Living with other(s)
376 (45.2%)
251 (66.8%)
125 (33.2%)
Children
0.0026
No children
418 (50.2%)
239 (57.2%)
179 (42.8%)
One child
173 (20.8%)
124 (71.7%)
49 (28.3%)
Two children
166 (20.0%)
109 (65.7%)
57 (34.3%)
Three or more children
75 (9.0%)
53 (70.7%)
22 (29.3%)
Graduation
0.0001
High school (13 years of school)
158 (19.0%)
116 (73.4%)
42 (26.6%)
Realschule (10 years of school)
235 (28.3%)
170 (72.3%)
65 (27.7%)
Hauptschule (9 years of school)
363 (43.6%)
205 (56.5%)
158 (43.5%)
No graduation
76 (9.1%)
34 (44.7%)
42 (55.3%)
Occupational training
0.0001
Academic studies
86 (10.4%)
69 (80.2%)
17 (19.8%)
Apprenticeship
473 (56.9%)
324 (68.5%)
149 (31.5%)
Unskilled
272 (32.7%)
132 (48.5%)
140 (51.5%)
Employment
0.0001
Employed
226 (27.3%)
174 (77.0%)
52 (23.0%)
Pensioned
104 (12.6%)
82 (78.9%)
22 (21.1%)
Welfare
375 (45.2%)
194 (51.7%)
181 (48.3%)
Unemployed
124 (14.9%)
73 (58.9%)
51 (41.1%)
Residence
0.0001
Living in own residence
599 (72.0%)
396 (66.1%)
203 (33.9%)
Assisted living
81 (9.7%)
55 (67.9%)
26 (32.1%)
Other
50 (6.0%)
17 (34.0%)
33 (66.0%)
Homeless
102 (12.3%)
57 (55.9%)
45 (44.1%)
Mother tongue
0.0041
German
646 (77.1%)
426 (65.9%)
220 (34.1%)
Foreign mother tongue
181 (21.9%)
96 (53.0%)
85 (47.0%)
(b) Results of logistic regression analysis with sociodemographic determinants of premature treatment drop-out.
