Men’s and women’s response to treatment and perceptions of outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of injectable opioid assisted treatment for severe opioid use disorder

Table 5 Participant reasons for Treatment Effectiveness

Themes	Total N = 191 N (%)	Women N = 59 N (%)	Men N = 132 N (%)
Improved Health	79 (41.36)	23 (38.98)	56 (42.42)
Improved Quality of Life	64 (33.5)	19 (32.20)	45 (34.09)
Stopped or reduced street use	57 (29.84)	16 (27.12)	41 (31.06)
Stopped or reduced non-legal activity	41 (21.47)	8 (13.56)	33 (25.00)
Reduced craving or withdrawal	39 (20.42)	14 (23.73)	25 (18.94)
Spending money on things other than drugs	24 (12.57)	7 (11.86)	17 (12.88)
Model of Care	24 (11.88)	5 (8.47)	19 (14.39)

Responses arise from an open-ended questions asked of participants after 6 months of treatment
Themes are listed in order of frequency
Responses are in reference to the treatment participants thought they were receiving after the first 6 months of treatment (treatment was blinded)
Columns refer to the number of participants (total, women, men) that made a reference at a given theme and the percent referencing a given theme out of all participants (total, women, men) that provided a response. (e.g. for Improved Health: Total = 79/191 = 41.36%; Women = 23/59 = 39.98%; Men = 56/132 = 42.42%)

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