Table 3.
Logistic regression of willingness to prescribe methadone on scales and other covariates (n = 119)
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Explanatory Measures |
OR |
95% CI |
OR |
95% CI |
||
| Age (referent = over 51) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under 30 |
4.29 |
0.82 |
22.31 |
|
|
|
| 31–40 |
1.13 |
0.41 |
3.09 |
|
|
|
| 41–50 |
1.32 |
0.56 |
3.13 |
|
|
|
| Sex (referent = male) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
3.04 |
1.41 |
6.56 |
3.75 |
1.55 |
9.01 |
| Community Size (referent = over 50,000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under 5,000 |
0.66 |
0.22 |
2.00 |
|
|
|
| 5,000–50,000 |
0.53 |
0.24 |
1.18 |
|
|
|
| Location of Graduation (referent = Other) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| North America |
2.52 |
0.85 |
7.47 |
|
|
|
| Type of Practice (referent = Other) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Group or solo private practice |
0.83 |
0.40 |
1.75 |
|
|
|
| Knowledge Test score |
1.09 |
0.73 |
1.61 |
1.11 |
0.69 |
1.78 |
| Education in Addiction Medicine |
1.86 |
0.88 |
3.93 |
|
|
|
| Disapproval of Drug Use Scale factor score |
0.61 |
0.37 |
0.99 |
0.60 |
0.32 |
1.13 |
| Abstinence Orientation Scale factor score |
0.59 |
0.38 |
0.93 |
0.83 |
0.46 |
1.48 |
| Barriers to Methadone Prescribing Scale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Risks associated with MMT deliveryfactor |
0.69 |
0.46 |
1.03 |
0.77 |
0.49 |
1.22 |
| Training and support issues factor |
1.59 |
1.04 |
2.43 |
1.63 |
1.04 |
2.54 |
| Resistance from external sources factor | 0.98 | 0.65 | 1.46 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.47 |