Motivational assessment of non-treatment buprenorphine research participation in heroin dependent individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heroin abuse remains an important public health problem, particularly in economically disadvantaged areas. Insight into this problem is gained from interviewing addicted individuals. However, we lack systematic data on factors that motivate heroin users to participate in non-treatment research that offers both financial incentives (compensation) and non-financial incentives (e.g., short-term medication).

Aim

To better understand the relative importance of several types of personal motivations to participate in non-treatment buprenorphine research, and to relate self-motivations to social, economic, demographic and drug use factors.

Methods

Heroin dependent volunteers (N=235 total; 57 female and 178 male; 136 African American, 86 Caucasian, and 13 Other) app

SUBMITTER: Papke G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3306501 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature