Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients coprescribed opioid(s) and benzodiazepine(s) at the control and intervention primary care centre clinic(s)

Patient characteristic	Control patients* (n=20)	Intervention patients* (n=35)
Sex, female	65	69
Age (mean), years (SD)	60 (±8.4)	57 (±12.3)
Psychiatric comorbidity	75	83
Depression	55	49
Anxiety	40	43
Substance use disorder	25	34
Post-traumatic stress disorder or history of trauma	<25†	26
Bipolar disorder or schizophrenia	<25†	23
Current cigarette use	50	49
Current illicit drug use	40	37
ODSP client	65	37
History of overdose	<25†	31