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Table 5 Knowledge, stigma, and approach scores in the 75th percentile, by selected variables

From: Stigma and level of familiarity with opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) among specialist physicians in Israel

 

N (%)

Knowledge score ≥ 60

p value

Stigma score ≥ 35

p value

Approach score ≥ 40

p value

All sample

249 (100%)

63 (25.3%)

 

91 (36.5%)

 

75 (30.1%)

 

Medicine studied

0.07

 

0.6

 

0.6

Israel

182 (73.1)

52 (28.6)

69 (37.9)

53 (29.1)

Others

67 (26.9)

11 (16.4)

22 (32.8)

22 (32.8)

Gender

0.5

 

0.4

 

0.3

Female

112 (45.0)

31 (27.7)

44 (39.3)

30 (26.8)

Male

137 (55.0)

32 (23.4)

47 (34.3)

45 (32.8)

Age group

0.5

 

0.7

 

0.2

<45

86 (34.5)

21 (24.4)

29 (33.7)

25 (29.1)

45-64

122 (49.0)

34 (27.9)

45 (36.9)

42 (34.4)

65+

41 (16.5)

8 (19.5)

17 (41.5)

8 (19.5)

Manager

0.2

 

0.3

 

0.1

Yes

127 (51)

37 (29.1)

42 (33.1)

44 (34.6)

No

122 (49)

26 (21.3)

49 (40.2)

31 (25.4)

Meet daily SUD

<0.0005

 

0.2

 

0.3

Yes

46 (18.5)

24 (52.2)

21 (45.7)

17 (37.0)

No

203 (81.5)

39 (19.2)

70 (34.5)

58 (28.6)

Prescribe opioids

0.5

 

0.05

 

< 0.0005

Yes

146 (58.6)

34 (23.3)

61 (41.8)

67 (45.9)

No

103 (41.4)

29 (28.2)

30 (29.1)

8 (7.8)

Prescribe cannabis

0.2

 

0.7

 

< 0.0005

Yes

82 (32.9)

25 (30.5)

28 (34.1)

35 (42.7)

No

167 (67.1)

38 (22.8)

63 (37.7)

40 (24.0)

Specialty

<0.0005

 

0.07

 

<0.0005

Psychiatry

62

28 (45.2)

17 (27.4)

6 (9.7)

Surgery

31

4 (12.9)

11 (35.5)

2 (6.5)

Internal medicine

48

8 (16.7)

23 (47.9)

18 (37.5)

Pain medicine

22

9 (40.9)

11 (50)

15 (68.2)

Family medicine

34

11 (32.4)

16 (47.1)

22 (64.7)

Oncology

6

0

0

1 (16.7)

Geriatric/rehab/*

25

2 (8)

7 (28)

7 (28)

Neurology

10

1 (10)

2 (20)

0

Other

3

0

1 (33)

2 (66.7)

Pediatrics

8

0

3 (37.5)

2 (25.0)

Working place

0.5

 

1.0

 

0.1

Community clinic

70 )28.1)

20 (28.6)

26 (37.1)

26 (37.1)

Hospital

110 (44.2)

24 (21.8)

40 (36.4)

26 (23.6)

Both

69 (27.7)

19 (27.5)

25 (36.2)

23 (33.3)

Self-report: identify

<0.0005

 

0.3

 

< 0.0005

No

39 (15.7)

1 (2.6)

11 (28.2)

1 (2.6)

Partial

106 (42.6)

21 (19.8)

37 (34.9)

26 (24.5)

Yes

104 (41.8)

41 (39.4)

43 (41.3)

48 (46.2)

Self-report: OMT

<0.0005

 

0.007

 

< 0.0005

No

83)33.3)

6 (7.2)

24 (28.9)

12 (14.5)

Partial

124 (49.8)

36 (29)

57 (46.0)

41 (33.1)

Yes

42 (16.9)

21 (50)

10 (23.8)

22 (52.4)

Interviewed

0.1

 

1.0

 

< 0.0005

No (anonymous)

199 (79.9)

46 (23.1)

73 (36.7)

45 (22.6)

Yes

50 (20.1)

17 (34)

18 (36)

30 (60.0)