Table 2:

Routine adherence to recommended strategies for COT management among HIV providers, overall and stratified by the belief that COT impacts patient engagement

Characteristic	Overall n=41	Believes COT keeps HIV-pts engaged n=22	Does not believe COT keeps HIV-pts engaged n=19	p-value
Conducts urine drug tests	14 (34%)	11 (50%)	3 (16%)	0.02
Uses treatment agreements	11 (27%)	8 (36%)	3 (16%)	0.14
Uses prescription monitoring programs	7 (17%)	5 (23%)	2 (11%)	0.16*
Routine use of urine drug tests, treatment agreements, or PMP	20 (49%)	13 (59%)	7 (37%)	0.16
Screens for misuse using validated tool	3 (7%)	2 (9%)	1 (5%)	1.00*
Uses scheduled pill counts	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Refuses early opioid refills	22 (54%)	14 (64%)	8 (42%)	0.17
Discusses:
Drug-drug interactions	25 (61%)	11 (50%)	14 (74%)	0.12
Diversion	8 (20%)	5 (23%)	3 (17%)	0.71*
Safe storage of medications	8 (20%)	7 (32%)	1 (5%)	0.05*
Alcohol use	24 (59%)	8 (36%)	16 (84%)	<0.01
Illicit drug use	33 (81%)	16 (73%)	17 (90%)	0.25*
Marijuana use	13 (32%)	6 (27%)	7 (37%)	0.51
Over-sedation	23 (56%)	12 (55%)	11 (58%)	0.83
Overdose	17 (42%)	8 (36%)	9 (47%)	0.48

^*Fisher’s exact test. All others reported are chi-square tests.