Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants under study
Quantitative variables | Groups | Number | Mean | S.D* | Min | Max | |
Age (year) | Buprenorphine | 24 | 46.80 | 9.90 | 22 | 61 | |
Methadone | 116 | 48.31 | 13.33 | 21 | 84 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 55.30 | 10.34 | 31 | 82 | ||
Duration of medication (months) | Buprenorphine | 24 | 9.75 | 12.72 | 1 | 48 | |
Methadone | 116 | 60.86 | 64.91 | 1 | 266 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 18.28 | 28.65 | 1 | 44 | ||
Dosage (Ml) | Buprenorphine | 24 | 3.33 | 1.92 | 1 | 10 | |
Methadone | 116 | 18.15 | 7.54 | 5 | 40 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 16.95 | 9.62 | 3 | 50 | ||
Anxiety score | Buprenorphine | 24 | 7.41 | 3.11 | 3 | 15 | |
Methadone | 116 | 6.12 | 3.71 | 0 | 18 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 7.51 | 4.92 | 1 | 18 | ||
Depression score | Buprenorphine | 24 | 9.12 | 4.60 | 0 | 19 | |
Methadone | 116 | 10.56 | 3.49 | 2 | 20 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 10.68 | 3.80 | 2 | 16 | ||
Sleep disorder score | Buprenorphine | 24 | 3.71 | 2.79 | 0 | 9 | |
Methadone | 116 | 5.53 | 3.61 | 0 | 19 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 5.68 | 3.96 | 1 | 16 | ||
Sexual function score | Buprenorphine | 24 | 44.17 | 21.24 | 7 | 67 | |
Methadone | 116 | 35.37 | 20.93 | 6 | 72 | ||
Opium tincture | 57 | 36.00 | 21.85 | 5 | 67 | ||
Qualitative variables | Groups | ||||||
Buprenorphine | Methadone | Opium tincture | |||||
Sex | Female | 7 (29.20) | 26 (22.40) | 7 (12.30) | |||
Male | 17 (70.80) | 90 (77.60) | 50 (78.70) | ||||
Total | 24 (100) | 116 (100) | 57 (100) | ||||
Education | Academic | 2 (8.30) | 23 (19.8) | 6 (10.50) | |||
Nonacademic | 22 (91.70) | 93 (80.20) | 51 (89.50) | ||||
Total | 24 (100) | 116 (100) | 57 (100) | ||||
Marital status | Married | 18 (75) | 76 (65.50) | 44 (77.20) | |||
Single | 6 (25) | 40 (34.50) | 13 (22.80) | ||||
Total | 24 (100) | 116 (100) | 57 (100) | ||||
Occupation | Employed | 16 (66.70) | 99 (85.30) | 53 (93.00) | |||
Unemployed | 8 (33.30) | 17 (14.70) | 4 (7.00) | ||||
Total | 24 (100) | 116 (100) | 57 (100) | ||||