Psychopathology of addiction: May a SCL-90-based five dimensions structure be applied irrespectively of the involved drug?

Table 2 Risk factors for alcohol or cocaine versus heroin dependence at treatment entry, according to logistic regression (only significant results are reported), 2314 patients

Primary substance of abuse^a	B	Odds ratio	95 % CI	p
Alcohol
Age	0.11	1.11	1.09–1.13	0.000
Living alone	0.32	1.38	1.06–1.80	0.017
Detoxified status	0.61	1.84	1.44–2.35	0.000
SCL90 dominant groups
Prominent sensitivity-psychoticism^b	0.43	1.54	1.02–2.32	0.039
Cocaine
Male gender	0.53	1.70	1.27–2.27	0.000
Single marital status	−0.53	0.59	0.43–0.80	0.001
Detoxified status	0.45	1.57	1.29–1.92	0.000
SCL90 dominant groups
Prominent somatic symptoms^b	−0.39	0.68	0.48–0.95	0.023

Statistics: Chi-square 375.88; df 20; p < 001
This table includes SCL-90 factors as exposure variables, other demographic and clinical variables as possible confounders, and primary substance of abuse (alcohol or cocaine vs. heroin) as a dependent variable
^aConsidering heroin as reference primary substance of abuse
^bConsidering prominent worthlessness-being trapped symptoms as reference psychopathology

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