Table 3.
Bivariate associations between variables of interest and participant interest in opioid agonist therapies (N = 88) and initiation of opioid agonist therapies (N = 90).
| Variables | Interested in Methadone Maintenance Treatment |
Initiated Methadone Maintenance Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p-value* | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p-value* | |
| Sex | 0.180 | 0.348 | ||||
| Male | 14 (17.5) | 66 (82.5) | 14 (17.1) | 68 (82.9) | ||
| Female | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100.0) | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 36.24±6.39 | 34.03±7.29 | 0.255 | 34.43±5.23 | 34.54±7.36 | 0.957 |
| Marital Status | 0.813 | 0.219 | ||||
| Partnered | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | 7 (21.9) | 25 (78.1) | ||
| Not Partnered | 12 (20.0) | 48 (80.0) | 7 (12.1) | 51 (87.9) | ||
| Education | 0.616 | 1.000 | ||||
| Secondary or less | 15 (18.5) | 66 (81.5) | 13 (15.7) | 70 (84.3) | ||
| Beyond secondary | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | ||
| Pre-incarceration Housing | 0.307 | 0.892 | ||||
| Own residence (rent/own) | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | 2 (11.8) | 15 (88.2) | ||
| Friend or relative’s residence | 12 (18.2) | 54 (81.8) | 11 (16.4) | 56 (83.6) | ||
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | ||
| Overdose in the 6 months before incarceration | 0.090 | 0.037* | ||||
| Yes | 5 (35.7) | 9 (64.3) | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | ||
| No | 12 (16.2) | 62 (83.8) | 9 (12.0) | 66 (88.0) | ||
| Injected nearly daily in the last 30 days before incarceration | 0.743 | 0.726 | ||||
| Yes | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | 2 (10.5) | 17 (89.5) | ||
| No | 13 (18.6) | 57 (81.4) | 12 (16.9) | 59 (83.1) | ||
| HIV Screening | 0.679 | 1.000 | ||||
| Positive | 1 (10.0) | 16 (20.5) | 1 (10.0) | 13 (16.2) | ||
| Negative | 9 (90.0) | 62 (79.5) | 9 (90.0) | 67 (83.8) | ||
| Moderate to severe depression (CESD-10) | 0.632 | 0.623 | ||||
| Yes | 9 (21.4) | 33 (78.6) | 6 (13.6) | 38 (86.4) | ||
| No | 8 (17.4) | 38 (82.6) | 8 (17.4) | 38 (82.6) | ||
| Composite Attitude Score (mean ± SD) | 12.12±2.29 | 10.15±2.69 | 0.007* | 12.71±1.82 | 10.28±2.69 | 0.002* |
| Composite Knowledge Score (mean ± SD) | 25.25±4.40 | 21.40±5.34 | 0.006* | 26.07±4.76 | 21.76±5.24 | 0.005* |
| Stages of Change Scores (mean ± SD) | ||||||
| Recognition Score | 30.47±5.64 | 24.66±7.49 | 0.004 | 25.78±10.24 | 25.95±7.21 | 0.950 |
| Ambivalence Score | 17.71±2.28 | 13.87±4.14 | <0.001 | 14.58±4.11 | 16.11±3.79 | 0.290 |
| Taking Steps Score | 30.29±6.12 | 26.54±7.80 | 0.680 | 28.44±5.64 | 27.38±7.78 | 0.690 |
a
p-value from t-test for continuous variables and Fischer’s Exact or χ2 test for categorical variable.