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Table 2 Treatment characteristics and opioid relapse

From: Opioid relapse and its predictors among methadone maintenance patients: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Treatment characteristics

Number

%

Non-relapse

n (%)

Relapse

n (%)

p value

Initial drug use age

< 20

186

28.4

152 (81.7%)

34 (18.3%)

0.015

20–30

374

57.1

328 (87.7%)

46 (12.3%)

 

> 30

95

14.5

89 (93.7%)

6 (6.3%)

 

Duration of drug use in the past (year)

< 5

125

19.1

114 (91.2%)

11 (8.8%)

< 0.001

5–10

253

38.6

235 (92.9%)

18 (7.1%)

 

> 10

277

42.3

220 (79.4%)

57 (20.6%)

 

The number of previous treatment

No

132

20.2

109 (82.6%)

23 (17.4%)

0.259

1–2

329

50.2

290 (88.1%)

39 (11.9%)

 

3 or more

194

29.6

170 (87.6%)

24 (12.4%)

 

Comorbidity

No

350

53.4

259 (84.9%)

46 (15.1%)

0.206

Yes

305

46.6

310 (88.6%)

40 (11.4%)

 

Antiretroviral therapy

No

585

89.3

506 (86.5%)

79 (13.5%)

0.527

Yes

70

10.7

63 (90.0%)

7 (10.0%)

 

Treatment time (year)

< 3

196

29.9

150 (76.5%)

46 (23.5%)

< 0.001

3–6

224

34.2

202 (90.2%)

22 (9.8%)

 

> 6

235

35.9

217 (92.3%)

18 (7.7%)

 

Daily methadone dose (mg)

< 60

238

36.3

203 (85.3%)

35 (14.7%)

0.457

60–120

323

49.3

281 (87.0%)

42 (13.0%)

 

> 120

94

14.4

85 (90.4%)

9 (9.6%)

 

Adherence

Yes

480

73.3

433 (90.2%)

47 (9.8%)

< 0.001

No

175

26.7

136 (77.7%)

39 (22.3%)

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