Fig. 1 Demographic and Clinical Profile of Patients By Presence of a Break in MMT
Factors
Participants With a Break From Participants With No Break in
MMT
MMT
Gender
Female
Male
Age (median)
Ethnicity
Irish
Non- Irish
Marital Status
Single
Cohabiting
Married
Education
Primary incomplete
Primary complete
Junior Certificate
Leaving Certificate
Third Level
Housing
Homeless
Hostel
Others home
Rented
Own
Employment
Employed
Unemployed
Age first opioid use
Length in MMT
Starting methadone dose
0-20
21-40
41-60
61-80
>80
Current methadone dose
0-20
21-40
41-60
61-80
>80
GP in the community
Number of GP visits per year (mean)
Significance test
N= 87 (46%)
(χ2 (1) = 0.005, p= 0.943)
29.9%
70.1%
(χ2 (3) = 5.821, p= 0.121)
33 (sd=7.2)
97.7%
1.1%
(χ2 (2) = 8.764, p= 0.12)
58.3%
34.5%
7.1%
(χ2 (4) = 3.399, p= 0.493)
7.1%
32.9%
32.9%
14.1%
12.9%
(χ2 (4) = 7.349, p= 0.119)
7.6%
30.4%
15.2%
20.3%
26.6%
(χ2 (1) = 0.067, p= 0.796)
5.7%
94.3%
18
(χ2 (3) = 1.408, p= 0.704)
110 months
(χ2 (5) = 4.359, p= 0.499)
24.4%
35.4%
17.1%
13.4%
9.7%
(χ2 (5) = 15.372, p= 0.009)
8.1%
16.3%
27.9%
32.6%
15.1%
48.8%
2.49
N= 102(54%)
29.4%
70.6%
36 (sd=6.7)
97.1%
2.0%
78.4%
17.6%
3.9%
5.0%
30.0%
45.0%
12.0%
8.0%
1.1%
27.7%
18.1%
14.9%
38.3%
4.9%
95.1%
17
100 months
22.2%
28.9%
16.7%
18.9%
13.3%
5.9%
11.8%
14.7%
35.3%
32.4%
39.0%
4.60
Fig. 2 Binary Logistic Regression of Demographic Factors Which Predict Breaks in MMT
Breaks in treatment
Odds ratio
95%
Confidence P-Value
Explanatory variable
interval
0.93
(0.89, 0.98)
.018
Age
1.19
(0.90, 1.57)
.201
Marital Status
0.81
(0.64, 1.03)
.087
Type of Housing
Fig. 3 Current Methadone Dose and Prevalence of Breaks in Treatment
>100
81-100
61-80
No Break
41-60
Break
21-40
0-20
0
10
20
30
40
Fig. 4 Duration of Breaks in Treatment By Gender
>12 months
6-12 months
Female
1-6 months
Male
<1 month
0
5
10
15
20
25