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Table 1 Characteristics of young patients with substance abuse (N = 103) participating in a weekly 10-week out-patient treatment program

From: Predictors of five-year relapse rates of youths with substance abuse who underwent a family-oriented therapy program

Variables

Mean or N

SD or %

Age (years)

16.2

1.0

Sex

 Female

22

21.4

 Male

81

78.6

School status or social status

 Residence

35

34.0

 Suspension or dropout

34

33.0

 Employed

34

33.0

Family status

 Double-parent families

47

45.6

 Single-parent families

42

40.8

 Grandparent(s)

14

13.6

Substance in use

 Ketamine

74

71.8

 MDMA or methamphetamine

29

28.2

Previous conviction record at baseline

 Without

76

73.8

 With

27

26.2

Relapse

  

 Yes

39

37.9

 No

64

62.1