Table 2.
Drug checking services attitudes and fentanyl preference
| Lifetime overdose category | Total (N = 116) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 overdoses (N = 32) | 2–5 overdoses (N = 54) | 6+ overdoses (N = 30) | |||
| Recently used drugs containing fentanyl | 0.48 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (3.2%) | 2 (1.8%) | |
| Disagree | 2 (6.9%) | 4 (7.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (5.3%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | |
| Agree | 17 (58.6%) | 28 (51.9%) | 15 (48.4%) | 60 (52.6%) | |
| Strongly agree | 10 (34.5%) | 20 (37.0%) | 15 (48.4%) | 45 (39.5%) | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Concerned drugs used contain fentanyl | 0.75 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 1 (3.1%) | 2 (3.7%) 1 | (3.3%) | 4 (3.4%) | |
| Disagree | 7 (21.9%) | 12 (22.2%) | 6 (20.0%) | 25 (21.6%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 1 (3.1%) | 5 (9.3%) | 3 (10.0%) | 9 (7.8%) | |
| Agree | 14 (43.8%) | 24 (44.4%) | 13 (43.3%) | 51 (44.0%) | |
| Strongly agree | 9 (28.1%) | 11 (20.4%) | 7 (23.3%) | 27 (23.3%) | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Prefer fentanyl/drugs with fentanyl | 0.31 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 6 (18.2%) | 9 (17.0%) | 10 (33.3%) | 25 (21.6%) | |
| Disagree | 14 (42.4%) | 19 (35.8%) | 7 (23.3%) | 40 (34.5%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 5 (15.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (6.7%) | 7 (6.0%) | |
| Agree | 7 (21.2%) | 16 (30.2%) | 7 (23.3%) | 30 (25.9%) | |
| Strongly agree | 1 (3.0%) | 9 (17.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 14 (12.1%) | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Drugs with fentanyl look/taste different | 0.16 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (3.8%) | 3 (10.3%) | 5 (4.5%) | |
| Disagree | 6 (20.0%) | 8 (15.1%) | 1 (3.4%) | 15 (13.4%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 5 (16.7%) | 4 (7.5%) | 1 (3.4%) | 10 (8.9%) | |
| Agree | 16 (53.3%) | 26 (49.1%) | 15 (51.7%) | 57 (50.9%) | |
| Strongly agree | 3 (10.0%) | 13 (24.5%) | 9 (31.0%) | 25 (22.3%) | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Interested in testing drugs for fentanyl | 0.32 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | |
| Disagree | 3 (9.1%) | 7 (13.5%) | 1 (3.2%) | 11 (9.5%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 3 (9.1%) | 2 (3.8%) | 2 (6.5%) | 7 (6.0%) | |
| Agree | 19 (57.6%) | 29 (55.8%) | 17 (54.8%) | 65 (56.0%) | |
| Strongly agree | 8 (24.2%) | 13 (25.0%) | 11 (35.5%) | 32 (27.6%) | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Most heroin has fentanyl, no point testing | 0.77 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 3 (10.0%) | 7 (13.5%) | 4 (12.9%) | 14 (12.4%) | |
| Disagree | 16 (53.3%) | 24 (46.2%) | 13 (41.9%) | 53 (46.9%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 1 (3.3%) | 4 (7.7%) | 1 (3.2%) | 6 (5.3%) | |
| Agree | 7 (23.3%) | 9 (17.3%) | 6 (19.4%) | 22 (19.5%) | |
| Strongly agree | 3 (10.0%) | 8 (15.4%) | 7 (22.6%) | 18 (15.9%) | |
| Median | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Testing is too much trouble | 0.91 | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 7 (21.2%) | 10 (19.2%) | 9 (30.0%) | 26 (22.6%) | |
| Disagree | 17 (51.5%) | 24 (46.2%) | 8 (26.7%) | 49 (42.6%) | |
| Neither agree/disagree | 1 (3.0%) | 6 (11.5%) | 4 (13.3%) | 11 (9.6%) | |
| Agree | 6 (18.2%) | 8 (15.4%) | 8 (26.7%) | 22 (19.1%) | |
| Strongly agree | 2 (6.1%) | 4 (7.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 7 (6.1%) | |
| Median | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Total N (116) excludes 2 cases with missing data on lifetime overdose category and an additional 2 cases with missing data on the attitudes scale questions. All significance tests were run using the Kruskal–Wallis equality-of-populations rank test