Correlation of self-compassion and spiritual well-being with drug craving in people with substance use disorders

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 8 Difference in the mean scores of Craving Scale based on the sociodemographic and clinical data (N = 100)

Personal characteristics		Mean rank	Test	P value
Age category	20-29	53	Kruskal-Wallis test Chi-square = 1.525	0.466
	30-39	46
	40 and over	53
Gender	Male	50	Mann-Whitney U = 128	0.746
Gender	Female	56	Mann-Whitney U = 128	0.746
Marital status	Single	55	Mann-Whitney U = 350	0.078
Marital status	Married	69	Mann-Whitney U = 350	0.078
Occupation	No Job	48	Mann-Whitney U = 793	0.122
Occupation	Has a Job	57	Mann-Whitney U = 793	0.122
Education	Illiterate	55	Kruskal-Wallis test Chi-square = 4.395	0.355
	Primary school	57
	Secondary school	52
	High school	48
	University education	46
Place of residence	Suburb	53	Mann-Whitney U = 1124	0.589
Place of residence	City	49	Mann-Whitney U = 1124	0.589
Income	Not Sufficient	56	Mann-Whitney U = 848	0.224
Income	Sufficient	47	Mann-Whitney U = 848	0.224
Presence of mental illness in the family	No	51	Mann-Whitney U = 301	0.377
Presence of mental illness in the family	Yes	44	Mann-Whitney U = 301	0.377
Type of narcotic	Tramadol	64	Kruskal-Wallis test Chi-square = 8.067	0.089
	Strox	54
	Heroin	49
	Cannabis	59
	Benzodiazepine	50