Treatment adherence amongst drug users attending public and private methadone maintenance clinics in a northern province of Vietnam

Table 4 Social support in MMT treatment

Characteristics	Completely adherence		Incompletely adherence		Total		p-value
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Current support provider
None	41	24.0	47	21.0	88	22.3	0.48*
Health workers at MMT facility	85	49.7	78	34.8	163	41.3	< 0.01*
Other health workers	4	2.3	4	1.8	8	2.0	0.73^¢
Relatives in family	130	76.0	177	79.0	307	77.7	0.48*
Peer in MMT	22	12.9	45	20.1	67	17.0	0.06*
Neighbors/other acquaintances	9	5.3	7	3.1	16	4.1	0.29*
Perceived needed support provider
None	35	20.5	45	20.1	80	20.3	0.93*
Health workers at MMT facility	77	45.0	67	29.9	144	36.5	< 0.01*
Other health workers	9	5.3	7	3.1	16	4.1	0.27*
Relatives in family	131	76.6	176	78.6	307	77.7	0.64*
Peer in MMT	26	15.2	27	12.1	53	13.4	0.36*
Neighbors/other acquaintances	10	5.9	7	3.1	17	4.3	0.19*
Perceived most needed support provider
None	46	26.9	53	23.7	99	25.1	0.46*
Health workers	125	73.1	171	76.3	296	74.9
Perceived most effective type of support
Self-timer (clock, phone, etc.)	19	11.1	39	17.4	58	14.7	< 0.01*
Relatives support	2	1.2	20	8.9	22	5.6
Remember by yourself	144	84.2	145	64.7	289	73.2
Other	6	3.5	20	8.9	26	6.6
Perceived additional type of support to improve MMT adherence
None	140	81.9	157	70.1	297	75.2	0.01*
Methods to improve treatment	3	1.8	14	6.25	17	4.3	0.03*
Job search guidelines	10	5.9	18	8.0	28	7.1	0.40*
Financial support	26	15.2	50	22.3	76	19.2	0.08*

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