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Table 6 Patterns of cannabis use in past year by health indicators by lower and higher CLVSa scale score groups

From: Patterns and correlates of cannabis use by cumulative lifetime violence severity as target and/or perpetrator in a community sample of eastern Canadian men

 

Lower CLVS (n = 294)

Patterns of Cannabis Use

Higher CLVS (n = 295)

Patterns of Cannabis Use

Never (61.9%, n = 182)b

Sometimes (26.2%, n = 77)b

Daily (11.9%, n = 35) b

Test Statistic

Never (44.7%, n = 132) b

Sometimes (25.1%, n = 74) b

Daily (30.2%, n = 89) b

Test Statistic

Chronic Pain Disability: n (%)

 -Low (CPG 0, 1, 2)

167 (92.3))

73 (94.8)

26 (74.3)

χ2 (2) = 13.35, p = .001, V = .213

105 (79.5)

56 (75.7)

62 (69.7)

χ2 (2) = 2.81, p = .245, V = .098

 -High (CPG 3, 4)

14 (7.7)

4 (5.2)

9 (25.7)d

27 (20.5)

18 (24.3)

27 (30.3)

CESD-R Depression Indicator: n (%)

 -Yes (>  15)

28 (15.4)

19 (24.7)

15 (42.9) d

χ2 (2) = 14.12,p = .001, V = .219

47 (35.6) d

43 (58.1)

58 (65.2) d

χ2 (2) = 21.07, p = .000, V = .267

 -No (< 16)

154 (84.6)

58 (75.3)

20 (57.1)

85 (64.4) d

31 (41.9)

31 (34.8) d

PCL-C PTSD Indicator: n (%)

(n = 131)

   

 -Yes (≥ 35)

18 (9.9) d

14 (18.2)

14 (40.0) d

χ2 (2) = 20.67, p = .000, V = .265

51 (38.9) d

45 (60.8)

56 (62.9)

χ2 (2) = 15.50, p = .000, V = .230

 -No (<  35)

164 (90.1)

63 (81.8)

21 (60.0)

80 (61.1) d

29 (39.2)

33 (37.1)

GAD-7 ≥ 10 Moderate to Severe Anxiety Indicator: n (%)

(n = 131)

   

 -Yes (≥10)

9 (4.9)

8 (10.4)

8 (22.9) d

χ2 (2) = 12.58, p = .002, V = .207

29 (22.1)

29 (39.2)

32 (36.0)

χ2 (2) = 8.19, p = .017, V = .167

 -No (< 10)

173 (95.1)

69 (89.6)

27 (71.1)

102 (77.9)

45 (60.8)

57 (64.0)

Number of Chronic Health Problems Diagnosed by Health Care Provider ever: μ ± S.D.

1.40 ± 1.70

1.30 ± 1.67

2.11 ± 2.25

F (2, 81.19) = 1.87, p = .062, η2 = .019

2.48 ± 2.44

2.41 ± 1.86

3.18 ± 2.41

F (2, 294) = 3.11, p = .046c, η2 = .021

  1. a Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity
  2. b Unless otherwise specified
  3. c No significant differences found between groups with Games-Howell post-hoc testing
  4. d Standardized Residual > ± 1.96