A qualitative study of benzodiazepine/z-drug and opioid co-use patterns and overdose risk

Table 4 Co-use patterns, numbers of people who reported currently using this co-use pattern and participant demographics

	No pattern reported^a	Co-use to aid sleep or come down	Curated co-use	Morning and evening BZ/Z doses with OP throughout the day	Co-use binges	Co-use throughout the day	BZ/Z use throughout the day, OAT only no other OP
N^b	5	3	2	4	13	14	7
Sex	5 male	1 female 2 male	1 female 1 male	3 female 1 male	2 female 11 male	5 female 9 male	1 female 6 male
Age range (years)	45–49	31–45	34–46	27–49	30–61	34–61	25–50
Location	1 Teesside 1 Bristol 3 Glasgow	1 Teesside 1 Bristol 1 Glasgow	1 Bristol 1 Teesside 0 Glasgow	1 Teesside 1 Bristol 2 Glasgow	2 Bristol 4 Teesside 7 Glasgow	1 Teesside 3 Bristol 10 Glasgow	1 Teesside 1 Bristol 5 Glasgow
Housing status	Temporary Accommodation^c (n = 2) Supported housing (n = 1) Unknown (n = 2)	Rented Accommodation^d (n = 3)	Temporary Accommodation^c (n = 1) Rented Accommodation^d (n = 1)	Street homeless (n = 1) Rented Accommodation^d (n = 3)	Street homeless (n = 2) Temporary Accommodation^c (n = 1) Supported housing (n = 1) Rented Accommodation^d (n = 7) Own flat/house (n = 2)	Street homeless (n = 1) Temporary Accommodation^c (n = 4) Supported housing (n = 2) Rented Accommodation^d (n = 2) Own house/flat (n = 3) Unknown (n = 2)	Supported housing (n = 1) Rented Accommodation^d (n = 1) Unknown (n = 5)

^aSome participants could not be mapped to a pattern because their interview did not capture sufficient information on when they took their opioids and benzodiazepines
^bThe numbers of participants reported under each pattern, reflect the numbers of participants in our study currently using that pattern
^cTemporary accommodation defined as: hostels, bed and breakfasts, sofa-surfing (staying on friend’s sofa)
^dRented accommodation includes having your owns tenancy (Scottish term for rental agreement)

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