A mixed methods analysis of clinics' perspectives on community factors influencing access to medications for opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How communities impact patients taking medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) has not been well-studied. Understanding the experience of MOUD providers allows us to better understand and measure community attitudes toward MOUD and identify strategies to increase support.

Methods

We deployed an explanatory sequential mixed methods design to analyze baseline data from the SITT-MAT clinical trial. Our quantitative instrument was seven Likert-scale questions asking about community attitudes toward MOUD analyzed through means, standard deviations, and principal components. The qualitative data were semi-structured interviews coded inductively using a thematic analysis. The quantitative and qualitative results were integrated to produce the findings.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Jaros S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12825234 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature