Table 1. Association of Demographic Characteristics With Knowledge and Beliefs About MOUD and OUD Treatment in Primary Care Settings.
| Survey item | Participants, No. (unweighted %) | Weighted % | To the best of your knowledge, can PCPs treat people with an OUD by prescribing them a medication for their disorder? (n = 1234) | The office of a PCP should be a place where people can receive OUD treatment (n = 1221) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, weighted % | No, weighted % | Do not know, weighted % | P value | Disagree, weighted % | Agree, weighted % | P value | |||
| Totala | 1234 (100.0) | 100.0 | 25.3 | 13.3 | 61.4 | NA | 23.8 | 76.2 | NA |
| Age, yb | |||||||||
| 18-29 | 196 (16.1) | 19.7 | 18.4 | 23.8 | 57.8 | .002 | 19.1 | 80.9 | .03 |
| 30-44 | 354 (29.0) | 25.8 | 28.3 | 10.7 | 60.9 | 17.1 | 82.9 | ||
| 45-59 | 261 (21.4) | 23.8 | 23.7 | 13.0 | 63.3 | 28.3 | 71.8 | ||
| ≥60 | 410 (33.6) | 30.7 | 29.3 | 8.7 | 62.0 | 26.6 | 73.4 | ||
| Genderc | |||||||||
| Male | 539 (43.5) | 49.1 | 29.1 | 12.7 | 58.2 | .10 | 22.1 | 77.9 | .54 |
| Female | 700 (56.5) | 50.9 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 64.1 | 24.0 | 76.0 | ||
| Race and ethnicityd | |||||||||
| Black | 143 (11.5) | 12.0 | 27.5 | 19.5 | 53.1 | .05 | 20.9 | 79.1 | .62 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 188 (15.2) | 17.3 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 62.0 | 26.4 | 73.6 | ||
| White | 848 (68.4) | 61.6 | 26.6 | 9.7 | 63.7 | 21.9 | 78.1 | ||
| Other or ≥2 racese | 60 (4.8) | 9.1 | 28.4 | 17.6 | 54.0 | 27.4 | 72.6 | ||
| Political party affiliation | |||||||||
| Democrat | 429 (34.9) | 33.1 | 25.5 | 16.2 | 58.3 | .59 | 19.8 | 80.2 | .03 |
| Lean Democrat | 146 (11.9) | 10.6 | 27.3 | 10.2 | 62.5 | 13.3 | 86.7 | ||
| Lean Independent or none | 217 (17.7) | 19.2 | 25.3 | 11.6 | 63.0 | 30.2 | 69.8 | ||
| Lean Republican | 112 (9.1) | 9.7 | 17.6 | 13.9 | 68.5 | 25.8 | 74.2 | ||
| Republican | 325 (26.4) | 27.4 | 27.4 | 12.0 | 60.6 | 25.5 | 74.5 | ||
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 62 (5.0) | 8.8 | 23.7 | 16.8 | 59.6 | .26 | 25.1 | 74.9 | .84 |
| High school diploma or equivalency | 231 (18.6) | 29.1 | 24.3 | 15.9 | 59.7 | 20.1 | 79.9 | ||
| Some college or associate’s degree | 533 (43.0) | 26.4 | 25.8 | 10.5 | 63.7 | 24.2 | 75.8 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 246 (19.9) | 22.4 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 64.0 | 24.4 | 75.6 | ||
| Postgraduate study or professional degree | 167 (13.5) | 13.4 | 35.4 | 8.5 | 56.1 | 23.7 | 76.4 | ||
Abbreviations: MOUD, medications for opioid use disorder; NA, not applicable; OUD, opioid use disorder; PCP, primary care physicians.
a
In cases where a respondent skipped a question online, it was coded as missing and analyzed using complete case analysis.
b
Age was recorded categorically in the dataset used for analysis to protect the confidentiality of respondents.
c
Gender was classified as a binary for these analyses to protect the identity of nonbinary respondents, whose individual cell values were fewer than 10.
d
Race and ethnicity were self-identified by survey participants.
e
Other is defined here as self-identified race not displayed in the table, such as Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native.