TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Female
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Humans
KW - Israel
KW - Male
KW - Methadone/therapeutic use
KW - Narcotics/therapeutic use
KW - Opiate Substitution Treatment/psychology
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy/psychology
KW - Stereotyping
KW - Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - opioid addiction
KW - Attitudes
KW - methadone maintenance treatment
KW - Personnel
KW - Stigma
AU - L. Shidlansik
AU - M. Adelson
AU - E. Peles
A1 - 
AB - Stigma attached to methadone maintenance treatment is very common. The objective of the current article is to evaluate the presence of stigma and its relation to the extent of knowledge about methadone maintenance treatment. The authors conducted a survey among methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction therapists from different treatment centers in Israel, including methadone maintenance treatment clinics (Ministry of Health) and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities (Ministry of Social Services), using an anonymous questionnaire about methadone maintenance treatment stigma and knowledge. There were 63 therapists from methadone maintenance treatment clinics (63%) and 46 therapists from the social services department (SSD) non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities (9.2%) who responded. Methadone maintenance treatment versus social services department personnel were older (42.7 +/- 12.8 versus 37.5 +/- 8.2 years; p = 0.03), with fewer females (48 versus 75%; p = 0.006), and 50% were social workers compared to 100% social workers in the SSD group (p < 0.0005). Stigma score was lower among methadone maintenance treatment personnel compared to the social services department personnel (3 +/- 2.5 versus 5.0 +/- 3.5; p = 0.0001), while the knowledge score about methadone maintenance treatment was higher among the methadone maintenance treatment personnel (10.3 +/- 2.9 versus 7.7 +/- 2.8; p < 0.0005). The difference in both the stigma and knowledge scores remained significant after controlling for age, gender, and profession. There was a negative correlation between the stigma and knowledge scores among both the methadone maintenance treatment (R = -0.5, p < 0.0005) and the social services department personnel (R = -0.33, p = 0.03). These results revealed a significant correlation between the presence of stigma and the extent of education and knowledge about methadone maintenance treatment, with ignorance and stigma against methadone maintenance treatment being more pronounced among social services department personnel. An educational intervention, especially among social services department personnel, may benefit people who use opioids and improve the overall quality of treatment for opioid addiction in Israel.
AD - a Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Research , Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.; a Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Research , Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.; a Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Research , Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
BT - Journal of addictive diseases
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 1
CY - England
DO - 10.1080/10550887.2016.1235404
IS - 1
JF - Journal of addictive diseases
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Stigma attached to methadone maintenance treatment is very common. The objective of the current article is to evaluate the presence of stigma and its relation to the extent of knowledge about methadone maintenance treatment. The authors conducted a survey among methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction therapists from different treatment centers in Israel, including methadone maintenance treatment clinics (Ministry of Health) and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities (Ministry of Social Services), using an anonymous questionnaire about methadone maintenance treatment stigma and knowledge. There were 63 therapists from methadone maintenance treatment clinics (63%) and 46 therapists from the social services department (SSD) non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities (9.2%) who responded. Methadone maintenance treatment versus social services department personnel were older (42.7 +/- 12.8 versus 37.5 +/- 8.2 years; p = 0.03), with fewer females (48 versus 75%; p = 0.006), and 50% were social workers compared to 100% social workers in the SSD group (p < 0.0005). Stigma score was lower among methadone maintenance treatment personnel compared to the social services department personnel (3 +/- 2.5 versus 5.0 +/- 3.5; p = 0.0001), while the knowledge score about methadone maintenance treatment was higher among the methadone maintenance treatment personnel (10.3 +/- 2.9 versus 7.7 +/- 2.8; p < 0.0005). The difference in both the stigma and knowledge scores remained significant after controlling for age, gender, and profession. There was a negative correlation between the stigma and knowledge scores among both the methadone maintenance treatment (R = -0.5, p < 0.0005) and the social services department personnel (R = -0.33, p = 0.03). These results revealed a significant correlation between the presence of stigma and the extent of education and knowledge about methadone maintenance treatment, with ignorance and stigma against methadone maintenance treatment being more pronounced among social services department personnel. An educational intervention, especially among social services department personnel, may benefit people who use opioids and improve the overall quality of treatment for opioid addiction in Israel.
PP - England
PY - 2017
SN - 1545-0848; 1055-0887
SP - 30
EP - 37
EP - 
T1 - Knowledge and stigma regarding methadone maintenance treatment among personnel of methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities in Israel
T2 - Journal of addictive diseases
TI - Knowledge and stigma regarding methadone maintenance treatment among personnel of methadone maintenance treatment and non-methadone maintenance treatment addiction facilities in Israel
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 27636020
U3 - 10.1080/10550887.2016.1235404
VL - 36
VO - 1545-0848; 1055-0887
Y1 - 2017
Y2 - Jan-Mar
ER -