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Table 1 Opioid Treatment Program naloxone survey results pre-training at baseline

From: Barriers to and recommendations for take-home naloxone distribution: perspectives from opioid treatment programs in New Mexico

 

Study sites

 

*SITE 1

*SITE 2

*SITE 3

*SITE 4

*SITE 5

Site 6

Site 7

Site 8

Total (%)

Training Participation #

13

14

11

5

8

11

5

11

78

Question 1: Are you aware of NM’s HB 370?

 Yes

2

0

8

1

4

4

0

1

20 (25.6%)

 No

10

14

3

4

4

7

5

10

57 (73.1%)

No answer

1

       

1 (1.3%)

Question 2: Do you currently prescribe or provide take-home naloxone to your patients? (choose all that apply)

 Write Rx

2

  

3

4

   

9 (10.7%)

 Provide take-home

 

1

9

 

5

   

15 (17.8%)

 Ask pts to go to pharmacy so that a pharmacist prescribes it

6

2

3

 

3

2

 

1

17 (20.3%)

 None of the above

5

11

1

2

1

8

5

10

43 (51.2%)

Question 3: Of the following, which are barriers to dispensing naloxone at your opioid treatment program? (choose all that apply)

 Affordability

1

2

3

2

1

3

2

3

17 (19.8%)

 No mechanism for reimbursement

  

1

 

1

  

2

4 (4.7%)

 Unsure what type of naloxone to prescribe (nasal, auto-injector, generic)

     

1

1

 

2 (2.3%)

 Time to educate patients

2

3

 

2

2

1

2

2

14 (16.3%)

 Patient refusal

1

2

1

 

5

  

1

10 (11.6%)

 Lack of patient medical history

  

1

    

1

2 (2.3%)

 Concerns with liability

 

4

   

2

 

3

9 (10.5%)

 Inadequate supply

3

1

1

 

1

3

  

9 (10.5%)

 Belief that it promotes heroin and/or prescription drug abuse

      

1

1

2 (2.3%)

 None of the above*

3

5

 

1

1

2

1

4

17 (19.8%)

Focus group participation #

6

9

7

5

6

n/a

n/a

n/a

33

  1. *Sites in all capitals and underline (SITE 1, SITE 2, etc.) indicate sites that participated in follow-up focus groups to assess THN distribution