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Table 2 Summary of key client and staff characteristics

From: “I just feel comfortable out here, there’s something about the place”: staff and client perceptions of a remote Australian Aboriginal drug and alcohol rehabilitation service

Characteristics

Clients

Staff

N (%)

Total participants

12

9

Age (mean, years)

35 (range 21–51, SD 9.07)

48 (range 36–61, SD 8.54)

Aboriginality

11 (91)

6 (67)

Gender

  Male

12 (100)

7 (88)

  Female

n/a

2 (22)

Referral type

  Criminal justice

7 (59)

n/a

  Self-referred

3 (25)

n/a

  Other services

2 (17)

n/a

Length of time in treatment (mean, days)

48 (range 4–120, SD 34.09)

n/a

 1–30 days

5 (42)

n/a

 31–59 days

2 (17)

n/a

 60–90 days

4 (33)

n/a

 91 > days

1 (8)

n/a

Length of time employed at OH (mean, yrs)

n/a

2.6 (range 1–5, SD 1.43)

Prior incarceration

12 (100)

5 (56)

Prior substance misuse

12 (100)

6 (67)

Prior residential rehabilitation admission

7 (58)

5 (56)

Self-reported mental health issues

12 (100)

n/a

Self-reported history of trauma

12 (100)

6 (67)