Table 3.
Acceptability of buprenorphine treatment as reported by participants at follow-up 1, by assigned condition in the parent study
| BUP N=460 |
MET N=329 |
Total N=789 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently taking buprenorphine | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Among participants with knowledge of buprenorphine | n=457 | n=230 | n=687 |
| Yes | 80 (17.5) | 39 (17.0) | 119 (17.3) |
| Willingness to take buprenorphine if available* | |||
| Among patients not taking buprenorphine | n=377 | n=191 | n=568 |
| No | 183 (48.5) | 111 (58.1) | 294 (51.8) |
| Reasons not willing to take buprenorphine | |||
| Among patients not taking buprenorphine and unwilling to take buprenorphine | n=183 | n=111 | n=294 |
| Not using opioids now | 99 (54.1) | 52 (46.9) | 151 (51.4) |
| Prefer methadone | 81 (44.3) | 55 (49.6) | 136 (46.3) |
| Do not like buprenorphine^** | 70 (38.3) | 26 (23.4) | 96 (32.7) |
| Cannot find free buprenorphine* | 39 (21.3) | 12 (10.8) | 51 (17.4) |
| Don't know much about buprenorphine | 15 (8.2) | 16 (14.4) | 31 (10.5) |
| Heard bad things about buprenorphine^ | 15 (8.2) | 7 (6.3) | 22 (7.5) |
| Other reasons | 26 (14.2) | 23 (20.7) | 49 (16.7) |
| Reasons for not liking buprenorphine | |||
| Among patients not taking buprenorphine who do not like buprenorphine | n=70 | n=26 | n=96 |
| Had negative physical reactions^* | 51 (72.9) | 13 (50.0) | 64 (66.7) |
| Did not like the side effects^* | 33 (47.1) | 6 (23.1) | 39 (40.6) |
| Medication was not strong enough^ | 21 (30.0) | 13 (50.0) | 34 (35.4) |
| Can’t feel opioids when taking buprenorphine^* | 29 (41.4) | 4 (15.4) | 33 (34.4) |
| Had to come to clinic everyday*** | 27 (38.6) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (28.1) |
| Other reasons | 10 (14.3) | 7 (26.9) | 17 (17.7) |
| Acceptability of buprenorphine treatment composite score (range: −6 to 0), Mean (SD) | −0.72 (1.19) | −0.46 (0.81) | −0.62 (1.05) |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001;
X2 tests for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous variables.
^
item was used to create the acceptability composite score.