Research Article
Direct Medical Cost of Treating Substance Use Disorders in Two Tertiary Hospitals in South-West, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients.
| | | Type of SUD | | Variable | Characteristics | Alcohol, N (%) | Drug, N (%) | Drug and alcohol, N (%) | value |
| | Age (years) | 10–19
20–29
30–39
40–49
50–59
60 and above | 6 (27.3)
8 (36.4)
4 (18.2)
3 (13.6)
1 (4.5)
0 (0.0) | 45 (49.5)
34 (37.4)
8 (8.8)
4 (4.4)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0) | 24 (27.9)
38 (44.2)
17 (19.8)
4 (4.7)
2 (2.3)
1 (1.2) | 0.004 |
| | Sex | Male
Female | 17 (77.3)
5 (22.7) | 75 (82.4)
16 (17.6) | 69 (80.2)
17 (19.8) | 0.840 |
| | Marital status | Married
Not married
Widowed
Divorced/separated | 7 (31.8)
14 (63.6)
1 (4.5)
0 (0.0) | 5 (5.50)
83 (91.2)
0 (0.0)
3 (3.3) | 14 (16.3)
70 (81.4)
1 (1.2)
1 (1.2) | 0.008 |
| | Educational level | No formal education
Primary education
Secondary education
Tertiary education | 0 (0.0)
1 (4.5)
8 (36.4)
13 (59.1) | 0 (0.0)
2 (2.2)
28 (30.8)
61 (67.0) | 1 (1.2)
2 (2.3)
30 (34.9)
53 (61.6) | 0.889 |
| | Tribe | Igbo
Yoruba
Hausa
Others | 6 (27.30
12 954.5)
1 (4.5)
3 913.60 | 30 (33.0)
49 (53.8)
3 (3.3)
9 (9.9) | 23 926.7)
45 (52.3)
1 (1.2)
17 (19.8) | 0.565 |
| | Occupation | Trader
Civil servant
Professional
Student
Self-employed
Unemployed
Retired | 3 (13.6)
3 (13.6)
1 (4.5)
4 (18.2)
3 (13.6)
6 (27.3)
1 (4.5) | 9 9.9)
4 (4.4)
4 (4.4)
29 (31.9)
8 9 (8.8)
36 (39.6)
12 (13.2) | 6 (7.0)
4 (4.7)
8 (9.3)
32 (37.2)
2 (2.3)
30 (34.9)
9 (10.5) | 0.005 |
| | Setting | Inpatient
Outpatient | 21 (95.5)
1 (4.5) | 79 (86.6)
12 (13.2) | 77 (89.5)
9 (10.5) | 0.497 |
| | State of residence | Lagos
Ogun
total | 21 (95.5)
1 (4.5)
22 (100.0) | 87 (95.6)
4 (4.4)
91 (100.0) | 54 (62.80
32 (37.2)
86 (100.0) | ≤0.001 |
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Statistical significance ( value < 0.05). |
