Methadone clinic staff perceptions of trauma-informed and patient-centered care: the role of individual staff characteristics

Table 3 Significant relationships between staff characteristics, work characteristics and beliefs about the OTP and trauma-informed care and patient centered care by staff lived SUD experience, Arizona 2023 (N = 40)

			Work Characteristics		Staff Trauma Exposure and Symptoms			Staff Beliefs
		Age	Time working in SUD treatment	Time at current clinic	Lifetime trauma exposure	Posttraumatic stress symptoms	Vicarious trauma symptoms	Person centered OTP climate	Stigma	Trauma-informed beliefs (ARTIC)
Harm reduction views	Lived SUD	0.613**	0.383	0.005	0.388	0.100	− 0.552*	0.428⁺	0.297	0.421⁺
Harm reduction views	Lived OUD Tx	0.857**	0.113	− 0.237	0.569*	0.075	− 0.513⁺	0.690*	0.439	0.477
Trauma-informed views	Lived SUD	− 0.047	0.074	0.182	− 0.220	− 0.181	0.280	− 0.101	− 0.077	0.647**
Trauma-informed views	Lived OUD Tx	− 0.124	− 0.230	0.049	− 0.310	− 0.229	0.507	− 0.267	0.064	0.725*
Patient-centered views	Full sample	− 0.242	− 0.141	− 0.010	0.050	0.239	0.520**	0.112	0.030	0.162
	Lived SUD	− 0.307	0.143	− 0.027	0.182	0.288	0.507*	0.087	0.202	0.160
	No Lived OUD Tx	− 0.229	0.025	− 0.016	0.046	0.311	0.533**	− 0.034	− 0.162	0.077
Abstinence-oriented views	Full sample	0.111	0.169	− 0.027	− 0.042	− 0.211	− 0.390*	0.075	0.045	− 0.218
	Lived SUD	0.297	0.081	− 0.060	0.115	− 0.035	− 0.528*	0.541*	− 0.166	0.004
	Lived OUD Tx	0.358	0.356	− 0.215	0.620*	0.217	− 0.208	0.557⁺	− 0.184	− 0.051

Staff experience was categorized as Full sample; Lived SUD, no lived SUD, lived OUD Tx, no lived OUD Tx. Associations found to be significant are reported here. The full table can be found in supplemental materials
SUD = substance use disorder. OUD = opioid use disorder. OTP = opioid treatment program
+ p < 0.1
^*p < 0.05
^**p < 0.01

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