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Table 2 Confidence in providing MMT services by participants’ demographic and background groups, overall and by MMT experiences (N = 276)

From: Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam

Characteristics

Overall (N = 276)

Experienced MMT, Mean (SD)

p

Mean (SD)

p

Yes (n = 114)

No (n = 162)

Gender

 

.484

   

 Male

45.5 (12.4)

 

52.3 (8.4)

41.1 (12.6)

 < .001

 Female

44.5 (11.7)

 

48.4 (9.2)

41.4 (12.5)

 < .001

Ethnicity

 

.638

   

 Kinh

45.8 (11.9)

 

50.4 (8.8)

40.9 (13.0)

 < .001

 Thai

44.7 (12.4)

 

50.3 (9.4)

41.3 (12.8)

 < .001

 Other

43.6 (10.6)

 

49.6 (9.1)

41.7 (10.5)

.088

Job position

 

.050

   

 Physician/ Physician Assistant

45.9 (12.)

 

52.6 (7.4)

41.7 (12.5)

 < .001

 Other

42.7 (11.8)

 

45.7 (10.2)

39.6 (12.7)

.022

Years of medical education

 

.939

   

  ≥ 4 years

45.1 (13.6)

 

53.8 (6.0)

34.7 (12.8)

 < .001

  < 4 years

45.0 (11.8)

 

49.4 (9.5)

42.2 (12.2)

 < .001

SUD-related training

 

 < .001

   

  ≥ 2 training

48.5 (10.4)

 

50.5 (9.1)

42.5 (11.5)

 < .001

 1 training

47.2 (10.1)

 

50.5 (8.7)

43.7 (10.5)

.004

 Never

40.3 (13.2)

 

45. 8 (10.6)

40.1 (13.3)

.346

HIV-related training

 

.141

   

 Ever

45.6 (11.8)

 

51.1 (8.6)

41.3 (12.2)

 < .001

 Never

43.2 (12.5)

 

47.4 (10.0)

41.2 (13.2)

.043

  1. SUD, substance use disorder; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus