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Table 3 Positive and negative ketamine expectancies of the RDS-sample in Taipei Metropolitan Area (N = 1115), by illicit drug use experience

From: Mis-anaesthetized society: expectancies and recreational use of ketamine in Taiwan

Ketamine expectancies

Illicit drug-naïve

(Group 1; N = 840)

Exclusive ketamine use

(Group 2; N = 30)

Polydrug ketamine use

(Group 3; N = 132)

The other illicit drug use

(Group 4; N = 113)

Group comparison

%wt

95% CI

%wt

95% CI

%wt

95% CI

%wt

95% CI

P

Post-hocb

P1 (stand up to others)

11.2

(7.9–14.8)

22.5

(7.7–44.0)

25.5

(16.0–39.9)

12.0

(4.6–21.2)

<.001

3 > 1, 4

P2 (join in with others)

46.0

(40.7–51.5)

63.7

(38.9–83.4)

76.1

(66.6–86.1)

41.6

(26.8–53.3)

<.001

3 > 1, 4

P3 (drive better)

4.7

(2.4–7.6)

19.2

(1.4–41.5)

1.0

(0.0–2.7)

7.6

(0.0–17.2)

<.001

2 > 1, 3; 4 > 3

P4 (make parties more fun)

35.5

(30.9–40.6)

64.5

(37.8–83.6)

72.7

(64.5–84.0)

51.8

(38.0–65.0)

<.001

3 > 1, 4; 2, 4 > 1

P5 (enjoy a holiday)

20.7

(16.7–25.2)

31.9

(7.7–54.2)

27.9

(19.1–40.9)

26.3

(13.1–37.5)

.074

 

P6 (make the world a better place)

13.7

(10.4–17.5)

15.4

(1.9–33.6)

19.3

(10.3–30.5)

22.6

(9.6–37.6)

.041

 

N1 (lose controls and have accidents)

71.2

(66.3–76.5)

51.2

(29.2–79.2)

54.8

(40.8–65.4)

56.0

(40.9–69.3)

<.001

1 > 3, 4

N2 (make people less friendly)

51.4

(46.2–57.1)

28.4

(12.4–53.2)

18.6

(9.8–27.7)

39.5

(25.2–51.6)

<.001

1, 4 > 3

N3 (have a go at kids who are using)

69.5

(64.2–75.3)

58.6

(34.9–82.0)

74.4

(63.0–84.4)

61.3

(43.8–73.5)

.099

 

N4 (don’t understand things when using)

66.8

(60.9–72.5)

73.0

(52.0–90.4)

61.8

(48.9–73.1)

52.4

(36.5–64.4)

.014

1 > 4

N5 (break and destroy things when using)

67.9

(62.6–73.6)

35.9

(17.7–63.1)

41.3

(28.1–55.2)

49.0

(33.6–60.2)

<.001

1 > 2, 3, 4

N6 (have trouble remembering)

74.3

(69.3–79.9)

77.4

(57.5–94.4)

74.4

(63.8–83.6)

64.5

(48.3–77.3)

.170

 

Summary of expectancies

 Positive sum, mean (SD)

1.4

(1.5)

2.1

(1.6)

2.3

(1.5)

1.7

(1.6)

<.001

3 > 1

 Negative sum, mean (SD)

4.2

(2.2)

3.5

(2.2)

3.1

(1.7)

3.6

(2.3)

<.001

1 > 2, 3; 4 > 2 > 3

 High Positive (≥ 1)a, n (%)

53.5

(48.3–58.9)

71.8

(47.5–89.6)

86.0

(79.3–94.1)

70.3

(56.4–80.3)

<.001

3 > 1,4; 4 > 1

 High Negative (≥ 5)a, n (%)

59.1

(53.5–64.9)

28.5

(12.6–55.0)

30.3

(16.9–43.4)

46.4

(31.5–58.6)

<.001

1 > 2, 3, 4

Combination of expectancies, n (%)

        

<.001

 

 Low Positive-High Negative

17.3

(14.1–21.6)

9.2

(0.0–25.3)

0.8

(0.1–2.0)

12.3

(4.8–21.0)

  

 Low Positive-Low Negative

29.3

(23.4–34.9)

19.8

(2.9–39.6)

12.8

(5.5–20.5)

17.5

(10.0–29.5)

  

 High Positive-High Negative

41.5

(36.1–46.6)

19.2

(6.4–42.5)

29.8

(16.1–42.6)

34.9

(21.3–45.8)

  

 High Positive-Low Negative

11.9

(8.9–15.4)

51.8

(22.3–72.4)

56.6

(44.4–71.3)

35.3

(20.9–51.1)

  
  1. aThe median of the illicit drug-naïve as the cut-off, with High Positive being ≥ the median (i.e., 1) and High Negative being ≥ the median (i.e., 5)
  2. bTukey’s HSD test in ANOVA; a Tukey-type multiple comparison for proportions in a 2*4 cross-tabulation for categorical variables (Elliott and Reisch 2006)