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. 2023 Sep 15;20:134. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00869-9

Table 5.

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

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)