Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South Africa

Table 6 Perceived substance use problems and treatment use that met DSM-IV criteria for a past-year alcohol or other drug use disorder

Respondents' Perceived Problems and Use of Treatment Services, Column %	Overall N = 393	Female sex workers^a N = 280	Non-Sex workers N = 113	χ² test^b p-values
Perceived alcohol problems	41.0	45.7	29.2	0.003
Perceived drug problems	29.3	36.1	12.4	<0.001
Perceived alcohol or drug problem	55.4	63.5	35.7	<0.001
Knew of any alcohol or drug treatment program	18.6	19.3	16.8	0.529
Perceived a need for treatment	63.4	72.9	39.8	<0.001
Wanted to go to treatment	68.2	77.1	46.0	<0.001
Tried but unable to get into treatment in past year^c	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.731^e
Received alcohol or drug treatment in the lifetime^d	1.8	2.5	0.0	0.200^e

^a Female sex workers are defined as females who had traded sex for drugs, money, food, or other goods in the past 90 days.
^b Pearson chi-square test
^c Included having ever called a drug treatment program for information or counseling, having ever received telephone counseling from a drug treatment program, or having ever consulted a traditional healer for drug treatment.
^d Included the receipt of treatment from a detox, outpatient alcohol, outpatient drug, outpatient methadone, residential addiction, or jail/prison treatment program.
^e Fisher's exact test was used due to expected cell counts < 5.

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