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Table 1 Descriptive data of the sample (n = 263)

From: How do people who use drugs receiving Opioid Medication Therapy perceive their treatment ? A multicentre study

 

% (n) or Mean ± SD

Sociodemographic characteristics

 

Gender (% males)

75 (197)

Age (years)

34.9 (7.4)

Living conditions

 

 Marital status (% living as a couple)

39% (102)

 Stable housing

89% (233)

 Social support

92% (240)

 Friends who use drugs

95% (181)

Educational attainment (% > 12 years)

13% (34)

Work status and financial situation

 

 Active workers

46% (121)

 On social benefits

36.9% (92)

 No income

4.9% (12)

 Debt

36% (95)

Co- addictions

Nicotine dependence and/or high risk of substance use and/or problem gambling

97% (n = 232)

Opioid use disorder characteristics

 

 Opioid mainly used

 

  Heroin

90% (237)

  Codeine or morphine

6% (16)

  Buprenorphine

3% (8)

  Varying

1%(3)

 Main route of administration

 

  Nasal

60% (159)

  Intravenous

23% (61)

  Inhaled

11% (29)

  Oral

4% (10)

  Varying

0.4% (1)

 OUD damage

 

  Financial

71% (187)

  Social-affective

70% (184)

  Psychiatric

69% (182)

  Professional

55% (145)

  Legal

48% (127)

  Somatic

33% (87)

 Current OMT

 

  MTD

68%(178)

  BHD

32%(84)

 OMT initiation with supervised daily dose

80% (210)

 Current daily dose (mg/day)

 

  MTD

57.4 (32.7)

  BHD

7.4 (5.5)

OMT length (months)

51.0 (4.3)

Poor adherence

7% (16)

Current opioid abstinence (excluding OMT)

75% (196)

Successful OMT*

40%(101)

Unsuccessful OMT**

60%(151)

  1. *, ** It corresponds to a definition of what we defined as success or unsucessful treatment