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

Table 6 Associated factors with MMT adherence

	Incomplete adherence		Adherence VAS		Ever missed dose
	OR	95% CI	Coef.	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Marital status (Living with partners/spouse vs single)	0.58*	0.33; 1.01	3.64**	0.38; 6.90	2.10	0.77; 5.74
Occupation (vs Unemployment)
Self-employed			3.64*	−0.51; 7.80
Blue collar worker/farmer			6.41***	1.91; 10.91
Others			6.33***	1.85; 10.81
Quintile monthly family income (vs First)
Third	2.02**	1.13; 3.62
Fifth			2.63	−1.16; 6.43
Smoke (Yes vs no)					4.31*	0.99; 18.74
History of drug injections (Yes vs no)	1.75**	1.06; 2.88	−2.28	−5.34; 0.78
Concurrent illicit drug use (Yes vs no)	27.66***	3.40; 224.78	−14.56***	−20.15; −8.98
MMT dose (mg)	0.99**	0.98; 1.00	0.04*	−0.01; 0.08
Receiving support in MMT service (Yes vs no)
None	0.42***	0.22; 0.78	3.48*	−0.26; 7.21
Health workers at MMT facility	0.28***	0.16; 0.49	5.28***	1.96; 8.60
Commune health workers	0.24	0.03; 1.73	11.08*	−0.56; 22.72
Peer	2.97***	1.46; 6.06	−4.00*	−8.02; 0.02
Most effective manner to not miss dose (Remember by yourself vs Self-timer)	0.39***	0.22; 0.69			0.57	0.26; 1.23
MMT model (Public vs Private)	1.70**	1.06; 2.73	−3.55**	−6.45; −0.64	2.54**	1.21; 5.34
Distance to MMT facility (vs Near)
Reasonable	1.98**	1.12; 3.50	−3.31**	−6.25; −0.37	0.52*	0.24; 1.12
Far	8.82***	2.09; 37.19	−7.74***	−13.10; −2.39
Distance to MMT facility (km)	0.90*	0.80; 1.01

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