Table 1 Demographic and background characteristics of participants, overall and by MMT experiences (N = 276)
From: Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam
Characteristics | Total (N = 276) | Experienced MMT | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 114) | No (n = 162) | |||
Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | 34.4 (7.9) | 33.8 (8.0) | 34.8 (7.9) | .278 |
Years in medical field | 10.4 (7.7) | 10.1 (8.2) | 10.6 (7.3) | .573 |
Number of PWUD seen monthly | 19.7 (25.7) | 35.8 (28.3) | 8.3 (15.8) |  < .001 |
N (%) | ||||
 Gender | ||||
  Male | 141 (51.1) | 55 (48.2) | 86 (53.1) | .428 |
  Female | 135 (48.9) | 59 (51.8) | 76 (46.9) |  |
 Ethnicity | ||||
  Kinh | 104 (37.7) | 53 (46.5) | 51 (31.5) | .013 |
  Thai | 142 (51.5) | 54 (47.4) | 88 (54.3) |  |
  Other | 30 (10.8) | 7 (6.1) | 23 (14.2) |  |
 Job position | ||||
  Physician/Physician Assistant | 200 (72.5) | 76 (66.7) | 124 (76.5) | .071 |
  Other | 76 (27.5) | 38 (33.3) | 38 (23.5) |  |
Years of medical education | ||||
 ≥ 4 years | 44 (15.9) | 24 (21.1) | 20 (12.4) | .052 |
 < 4 years | 232 (84.1) | 90 (78.9) | 142 (87.6) |  |
SUD-related training | ||||
 ≥ 2 training | 96 (34.8) | 71 (62.3) | 25 (15.4) |  < .001 |
 1 training | 73 (26.5) | 38 (33.3) | 35 (21.6) |  |
 Never | 107 (38.7) | 5 (4.4) | 102 (63.0) |  |
HIV-related training | ||||
 Ever | 201 (72.8) | 89 (78.1) | 112 (69.1) | .101 |
 Never | 75 (27.2) | 25 (21.9) | 50 (30.9) |  |