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Table 2 Study participants and demographics

From: Development and validation of an Opioid Attractiveness Scale: a novel measure of the attractiveness of opioid products to potential abusers

Characteristic

Number (%) of participants

Pre-Concept Mapping

Concept Mapping

Developmental sample

Confirmation sample

Substance abuse experts (validation) sample

Total number of participants

16

36

38

42

12

Age (years) Mean ± SD

39.08 ± 9.38

38.2 ± 9.0

39.3 ± 12.2

37.8 ± 9.7

45.5 ± 8.1

Gender

8 (50) male

10 (33) male

22 (58) male

27 (64) male

6 (50) male

 

8 (50) female

20 (67) female

15 (39) female

13 (31) female

6 (50) female

   

1 (3) missing

2 (5) missing

 

Race

     

- White

15 (94)

22 (73)

23 (61)

23 (55)

9 (75)

- African-American

1 (6)

2 (7)

3 (8)

6 (14)

0

- Hispanic

0

5 (17)

10 (26)

11 (26)

3 (25)

- Other

0

1 (3)

2 (5)

1 (2)

0

- Missing

0

0

0

1 (2)

0

Residence

     

- Urban

12 (81)

25 (83)

28 (74)

33 (79)

5 (42)

- Rural

3 (19)

5 (17)

10 (26)

8 (19)

7 (58)

- Missing

0

0

0

0

0

Casual users

3 (19)

7 (19)

8 (21)

9 (21)

0

Substance abuse clients

2 (12)

14 (39)

30 (79)

33 (79)

0

Pain patients

4 (25)

6 (17)

0

0

0

Impaired professionals

3 (19)

3 (8)

0

0

0

Substance abuse experts

4 (25)

6 (17)

0

0

0