Table 3.

Relationship between Domain Summary Scores and Readiness Status for Initiating Buprenorphine and Methadone for Hospitalized Patients with OUD

	Buprenorphine				Methadone
Domain with Prepopulate Response	All Mean (SD)	Higher Readiness N = 72	Lower Readiness N = 88	P Valuea	All Mean (SD)	Higher Readiness N = 55	Lower Readiness N = 105	P Value
Domain 1: Perceived validity of the evidence to treat OUDc	4.19 (0.75)	4.42 (0.61)	4.00 (0.80)	<0.001b	4.19 (0.75)	4.56 (0.52)	4.00 (0.78)	<0.001b
Domain 2: Satisfaction with hospital processes for OUD screening, treatment, and linkagec	3.03 (0.96)	3.12 (0.96)	2.94 (0.97)	0.236	3.03 (0.96)	3.17 (0.93)	2.95 (0.97)	0.161
Domain 3: Perceived barriers to use the medicationd	0.32 (0.22)	0.24 (0.24)	0.39 (0.22)	<0.001	0.34 (0.23)	0.21 (0.18)	0.41 (0.23)	<0.001
Domain 4: Current clinical practices for OUD treatmentc	2.73 (0.97)	3.07 (0.97)	2.45 (0.88)	<0.001	2.73 (0.97)	3.35 (0.96)	2.40 (0.81)	<0.001
Domain 5: Perceived hospital leadership support to treat OUD in the hospitalc	2.77 (0.96)	2.99 (0.92)	2.58 (0.96)	0.006	2.77 (0.96)	3.07 (0.90)	2.61 (0.96)	0.003
Domain 6: Job satisfactionc	3.67 (0.75)	3.81 (0.73)	3.55 (0.75)	0.022b	3.67 (0.75)	3.92 (0.64)	3.54 (0.77)	0.005b

^aAll tests for continuous variables were independent t-tests unless superscripted with “b” in which case they were Chi-square tests

^cSummary score range is 1 to 5

^dSummary score range is 0 to 1