Older adults in treatment for alcohol use disorders: service utilisation, patient characteristics and treatment outcomes

Table 2 Disorder-related characteristics by age, gender and early- or late-onset for patients in outpatient and inpatient treatment

	Outpatient treatment						Inpatient treatment
	≤59^a	60 +	60 + male	60 + female	60 + early^b	60+ late^c	≤59^a	60 +	60 + male	60 + female	60 + early^b	60+ late^c
Abstinence at treatment entry (%)	–	39.3	39.2	39.3	40.0	35.6	–	64.8	63.4	67.5	59.1	59.7
Age at onset of the AUD (mean)	–	40.3	38.5	43.4	29.8	54.3	–	40.1	38.2	43.8	28.3	55.2
Duration of the AUD (mean)	–	24.6	26.0	22.1	34.2	11.4	–	24.5	25.9	21.4	35.4	10.1
Comorbid substance use disorders (%)
Tobacco	28.2	16.3	17.3	15.0	22.5	17.2	69.4	46.4	50.5	38.3	54.7	44.1
Opioids	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.3	4.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.5
Cannabis	7.9	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.6	15.5	1.0	1.3	0.4	1.5	0.4
Cocaine	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.1	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.3
Stimulants	4.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	9.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1
Hallucinogens	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0
Sedatives	1.6	1.6	1.1	2.4	1.7	1.9	4.0	4.1	2.7	6.9	4.6	4.6
Others	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
Comorbid mental disorders (%)	5.3	8.8	8.7	17.4	14.7	17.3	50.4	42.1	35.3	56.0	47.1	49.3

Definitions: ^a≤ 59 = sample of patients with an AUD in the German addiction care system under 60 years old; ^bearly = early-onset of the AUD (≤45 years); ^clate = late-onset of the AUD (≥45 years)

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