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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jun 30;190:82–88. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.05.027

Table 1.

Prevalence and Severity of Barriers to OST Entry among PWID in Ukraine (N=811)

Barrier to Entry into OAT Group Prevalence (%) Severity ( β ) Coefficient Severity 95% CI Average Resistance ( θ ) within Barrier Group
1. OAT replaces one addiction for another T 64.48 −0.33 [−0.46, −0.26] 0.542
2. OAT is bad for health T 63.65 −0.30 [−0.44, −0.24] 0.569
3. OAT has bad side effects T 60.19 −0.18 [−0.32, −0.13] 0.605
4. OAT is ineffective in treating addiction T 59.24 −0.15 [−0.28, −0.08] 0.575
5. Patient not ready to start treatment I 57.21 −0.09 [−0.21, −0.02] 0.617
6. Negative reputation of OAT T 53.75 0.01 [−0.11, 0.07] 0.652
7. Desire to avoid registration with narcology center P 50.06 0.11 [−0.01, 0.18] 0.648
8. Fear of OAT treatment T 48.63 0.15 [0.02, 0.21] 0.695
9. Inability to detox from OAT T 47.2 0.19 [0.06, 0.24] 0.709
10. Family disapproves of OAT S 46.72 0.20 [0.09, 0.28] 0.715
11. Reluctance to travel daily to the treatment center P 46.13 0.22 [0.10, 0.28] 0.743
12. Patient thinks can stop substance use without OAT T 45.17 0.24 [0.12, 0.30] 0.682
13. Travel restrictions associated with OAT enrollment P 41.6 0.33 [0.22, 0.41] 0.775
14. Perceived difficult to gain entry into treatment P 40.05 0.37 [0.26, 0.45] 0.745
15. Time constraints due to employment P 40.05 0.37 [0.27, 0.46] 0.798
16. Rigidity of the OAT program P 37.07 0.45 [0.34, 0.52] 0.836
17. Too young to start treatment I 32.06 0.58 [0.47, 0.67] 0.850
18. Inability to combine OAT with other treatments T 30.75 0.62 [0.51, 0.71] 0.894
19. Excessive travel time to OAT P 28.61 0.68 [0.57, 0.77] 0.901
20. Stigma from neighbors and/or friends S 26.58 0.74 [0.62, 0.82] 0.943
21. Insufficient duration of injection history I 25.98 0.75 [0.65, 0.85] 0.888
22. Fear of police harassment S 25.63 0.76 [0.65, 0.86] 0.924
23. Too costly to gain entry into treatment P 25.15 0.78 [0.66, 0.87] 0.872
24. Negative staff attitudes toward patients S/P 23.72 0.82 [0.71, 0.92] 0.960

Legend: Barrier Classes: T -Treatment concerns regarding safety, efficacy, tolerability; I- Treatment viewed as inappropriate; P - Program Entry and logistic barriers, S - Stigma and social resentment.