Table 4 Knowledge, stigma, and approach scores, by selected variables
| Â | N (%) | Knowledge score | p value | Stigma score | p value | Approach score | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All sample | 249 (100%) | 48.5 ± 17.9 |  | 25.7 ± 19.6 |  | 31.7 ± 22.8 |  |
Medicine studied | 0.06 | Â | 0.5 | Â | 0.5 | ||
Israel | 182 (73.1) | 49.8 ± 18.1 | 26.2 ± 19.5 | 31.1 ± 21.6 | |||
Others | 67 (26.9) | 45.0 ± 16.8 | 24.4 ± 20.0 | 33.3 ± 25.8 | |||
Gender | 0.1 | Â | 0.8 | Â | 0.6 | ||
Female | 112 (45.0) | 50.3 ± 16.7 | 25.3 ± 20.0 | 30.8 ± 22.1 | |||
Male | 137 (55.0) | 47.0 ± 18.7 | 26.0 ± 19.4 | 32.5 ± 23.4 | |||
Age group | 0.2 | Â | 0.8 | Â | 0.05 | ||
< 45 | 86 (34.5) | 49.1 ± 16.3 | 25.1 ± 20.1 | 30.5 ± 22.0 | |||
45–64 | 122 (49.0) | 49.6 ± 18.8 | 25.5 ± 20 | 34.8 ± 23.3 | |||
65 +  | 41 (16.5) | 44.1 ± 17.9 | 27.4 ± 17.7 | 25.1 ± 21.5 | |||
Manager | 0.2 | Â | 0.2 | Â | 0.05 | ||
Yes | 127 (51) | 49.8 ± 17.5 | 24.2 ± 19.9 | 34.5 ± 23.2 | |||
No | 122 (49) | 47.2 ± 18.3 | 27.3 ± 19.3 | 28.9 ± 22.0 | |||
Encounter daily | 0.0005 | Â | 0.5 | Â | 0.07 | ||
SUD patients | |||||||
Yes | 46 (18.5) | 59.3 ± 15.9 |  | 27.4 ± 22.7 |  | 37.3 ± 18.6 |  |
No | 203 (81.5) | 46.1 ± 17.4 |  | 25.3 ± 19.2 |  | 30.5 ± 23.5 |  |
Prescribe opioids | 0.7 |  | 0.03 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
Yes | 146 (58.6) | 48.8 ± 16.6 | 27.9 ± 20.8 | 39.8 ± 23.4 | |||
No | 103 (41.4) | 48.1 ± 19.7 | 22.6 ± 17.5 | 20.3 ± 16.1 | |||
Prescribe cannabis | 0.002 |  | 0.9 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
Yes | 82 (32.9) | 53.5 ± 16 | 25.8 ± 20.5 | 39.5 ± 20.9 | |||
No | 167 (67.1) | 46.1 ± 18.3 | 25.7 ± 19.2 | 27.79 ± 22.7 | |||
Specialty | 0.0005 |  | 0.1 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
Psychiatry | 62 | 56.8 ± 16.8 | 20.8 ± 14.1 | 23.3 ± 15.5 | |||
Surgery | 31 | 39.9 ± 18.6 | 25.4 ± 24.5 | 19.6 ± 20.8 | |||
Internal medicine | 48 | 46.9 ± 14.6 | 28.6 ± 20.3 | 34.9 ± 22.0 | |||
Pain medicine | 22 | 57.2 ± 14 | 34.1 ± 22.6 | 50.7 ± 20.8 | |||
Family medicine | 34 | 51.5 ± 16.3 | 29.8 ± 19.2 | 49.8 ± 21.8 | |||
Oncology | 6 | 41.1 ± 16.0 | 14.6 ± 12.3 | 28.2 ± 16.6 | |||
Geriatric/rehab/* | 25 | 39.4 ± 17.7 | 23.5 ± 20.5 | 27.7 ± 22.0 | |||
Neurology | 10 | 46.3 ± 16 | 20.0 ± 13.4 | 18.5 ± 14.6 | |||
Other | 3 | 40.6 ± 14.3 | 37.5 ± 33.1 | 35.9 ± 24.7 | |||
Pediatrics | 8 | 31.3 ± 22.3 | 25.0 ± 20.0 | 26.0 ± 29.6 | |||
Working place | 0.5 | Â | 0.9 | Â | 0.1 | ||
Community clinic | 70 (28.1) | 49.2 ± 18.0 | 26.7 ± 18.2 | 35.2 ± 24.7 | |||
Hospital | 110 (44.2) | 47.0 ± 16.9 | 26.1 ± 21.3 | 28.5 ± 20.8 | |||
Both | 69 (27.7) | 50.3 ± 19.3 | 24.6 ± 18.6 | 33.3 ± 23.4 | |||
Self-report: identify | 0.0005 |  | 0.05 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
No | 39 (15.7) | 34.7 ± 14.2 | 19.9 ± 17.6 | 12.7 ± 12.7 | |||
Partial | 106 (42.6) | 47.7 ± 15.7 | 25.0 ± 18.5 | 30.0 ± 22.2 | |||
Yes | 104 (41.8) | 56.0 ± 15.4 | 28.6 ± 21.0 | 40.8 ± 21.3 | |||
Self-report: OMT | 0.0005 |  | 0.009 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
No | 83 (33.3) | 39.7 ± 15.6 | 22.7 ± 18.6 | 21.9 ± 19.9 | |||
Partial | 124 (49.8) | 52.4 ± 14.9 | 29.4 ± 20.3 | 34.9 ± 23.1 | |||
Yes | 42 (16.9) | 58.3 ± 16.8 | 20.5 ± 17.6 | 41.9 ± 20.2 | |||
Interviewed | 0.02 |  | 0.9 |  | < 0.0005 | ||
No (anonymous) | 199(79.9) | 47.2 ± 18.2 | 25.8 ± 19.6 | 28.3 ± 21.5 | |||
Yes | 50 (20.1) | 53.9 ± 15.8 | 25.5 ± 19.7 | 45.5 ± 22.7 | |||