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Table 3 Non-prescribed use of methadone, buprenorphine, and buprenorphine/naloxone in the study population

From: Non-prescribed use of methadone and buprenorphine prior to opioid substitution treatment: lifetime prevalence, motives, and drug sources among people with opioid dependence in five Swedish cities

 

Non-prescribed use of methadone

Non-prescribed use of buprenorphine

Non-prescribed use of buprenorphine/naloxone

Total

 Whole population (411)

87.8%

80.5%

50.6%

Gender

 Woman (104)

85.6%

75.0%

54.1%

 Man (307)

88.6%

82.4%

43.0%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.415

0.099

0.054

Country of birth

 Sweden (333)

88.9%

82.6%

53.5%

 Other country (78)

83.3%

71.8%

42.1%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.177

0.030

0.073

Education

 Comprehensive school (195)

86.7%

82.6%

52.9%

 High school or more (216)

88.9%

78.7%

50.0%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.491

0.324

0.563

Drug

 Methadone (219)

92.7%

74.0%

45.1%

 Buprenorphine (112)

81.3%

87.5%

49.5%

 Buprenorphine/naloxone (80)

83.8%

88.8%

70.9%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.005

0.002

0.000

Treatment period, length of

 Up to 1 year (138)

90.6%

88.4%

65.9%

 1–3 years (140)

90.7%

85.7%

58.6%

 More than 3 years (130)

82.3%

66.2%

25.8%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.054

0.000

0.000

Experience of involuntary discharge

 No (262)

85.9%

80.2%

52.3%

 Yes (149)

91.3%

81.2%

49.7%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.108

0.795

0.606

City

 Malmö (196)

92.9%

75.5%

51.5%

 Göteborg (118)

81.4%

88.1%

49.1%

 Lund (54)

88.9%

77.8%

46.3%

 Jönköping/Norrköping (43)

81.4%

86.0%

63.4%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.012

0.035

0.366

Interviewers

 Researchers (280)

88.2%

78.6%

49.1%

 Privileged access interviewers (131)

87.0%

84.7%

56.2%

 Chi-2 (P value)

0.731

0.142

0.184