Table 2 Main category, categories and subcategories identified from interviews with clients on the opioid maintenance treatment programme
Main category | ‘A better life – if you follow the rules of the game’ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Categories | To get your life back | The asymmetrical power balance | OMT as demotivator | A feeling of infringement |
Sub-categories | A feeling of freedom | Lack of co-determination in OMT | Unsatisfactory follow-up | Stigma |
To build trust | Fear of punishment | Suspicion never stops | Not being believed | |
Improved quality of life | Differences between OMT districts | The negative focus | ||