Addiction Severity Index scores of four racial/ethnic and gender groups of methadone maintenance patients

J Subst Abuse. 1993;5(3):269-79. doi: 10.1016/0899-3289(93)90068-m.

Abstract

This report compares the findings for four racial/ethnic and gender groups of methadone maintenance (MM) patients--African-American men (n = 153), African-American women (n = 107), Hispanic men (n = 138), and Hispanic women (n = 70)--administered the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). African-American men had a history of more arrests and incarcerations than Hispanic men. African-Americans had a longer history of drug and alcohol abuse problems than Hispanics and more current alcohol problems. Women reported more medical, psychiatric, family-social, and employment problems than men. Men reported more legal and alcohol-related problems than women. With several exceptions, the study findings were consistent with those based on other instruments. Given the relatively large sample sizes, the data may provide a characteristic ASI profile of the racial/ethnic and gender groups studied. The implications of differential group problem levels for substance abuse treatment efforts are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology
  • Alcoholism / ethnology
  • Alcoholism / psychology
  • Alcoholism / rehabilitation
  • Black or African American / psychology
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
  • Cocaine
  • Comorbidity
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Heroin Dependence / epidemiology
  • Heroin Dependence / ethnology
  • Heroin Dependence / psychology
  • Heroin Dependence / rehabilitation
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Marijuana Abuse / epidemiology
  • Marijuana Abuse / ethnology
  • Marijuana Abuse / psychology
  • Marijuana Abuse / rehabilitation
  • Methadone / therapeutic use*
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / ethnology*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / psychology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / ethnology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

  • Cocaine
  • Methadone