Table 2.
Comparison of Social Workers and Other Disciplines on Knowledge, Perceived Effectiveness, and Perceived Acceptability of Pharmacological Treatments for SUDs.
| Social Work
|
Other Disciplines
|
p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | M (SD) | N | % | M (SD) | ||
| Knowledge of…. | |||||||
| Methadone | 235 | 82.5 | 671 | 80.6 | .501 | ||
| Buprenorphine | 204 | 71.6 | 587 | 70.6 | .742 | ||
| Oral Naltrexone | 154 | 58.3 | 497 | 59.7 | .092 | ||
| Acamprosate | 176 | 61.8 | 507 | 60.9 | .807 | ||
| Perceptions of effectiveness of…. | |||||||
| Methadone | 248 | 4.0 (2.1) | 682 | 3.4 (1.9) | <.001† | ||
| Buprenorphine | 214 | 5.4 (1.7) | 619 | 5.1 (1.8) | .017 | ||
| Naltrexone | 173 | 5.3 (1.8) | 537 | 4.8 (1.9) | .003† | ||
| Acamprosate | 191 | 5.1 (1.8) | 544 | 5.0 (1.8) | .016 | ||
| Perceptions of acceptability of … | |||||||
| Methadone | 254 | 4.2 (2.2) | 729 | 3.7 (2.2) | .003† | ||
| Buprenorphine | 218 | 5.8 (1.7) | 638 | 5.3 (1.9) | .001† | ||
| Naltrexone | 184 | 6.1 (1.5) | 567 | 5.3 (2.0) | <.001† | ||
| Acamprosate | 199 | 6.2 (1.4) | 580 | 5.6 (1.9) | <.001† | ||
†
Remains statistically significant following Bonferroni correction (α = .05/12 = .0042).