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Record W3008925363 · doi:10.1097/cxa.0000000000000076

Individual Factors Associated with Opioid Agonist Therapy Retention in Northern Ontario

2020· article· en· W3008925363 on OpenAlexaffvenueabout
Salima Oukachbi, Saara Rizzo

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Addiction · 2020
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicOpioid Use Disorder Treatment
Canadian institutionsNOSM UniversityLakehead UniversityThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedicineOpioid use disorderPsychiatryOpioidInternal medicine

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Objectives: Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is well accessed in Northern Ontario, but treatment drop-out rates are high, and retention is clearly established as a key indicator of success. Improving retention through identification and targeting of contributing factors could yield better patient outcomes. This study aimed to identify individual factors associated with OAT retention among patients enrolled in Northern Ontario. Method: Forty-five individuals completed face-to-face interviews within 2 weeks of OAT enrolment at an outpatient clinic in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The association of baseline factors with program retention was analyzed at 1, 3, and 6 months postintake. Results: At 1 month, receiving financial support from others and being comfortable with spirituality and beliefs were protective against dropout, while history of criminal conviction was a risk factor ( P < 0.05). At 3 months, living at current home for at least 1 year and receiving financial support from others were protective factors, whereas recent heroin use and recent family conflict were risk factors ( P < 0.05). At 6 months, no protective factors were identified, but recent family conflict was a risk factor ( P < 0.05). Conclusion: This study identified several individual factors associated with OAT retention among patients enrolled in Northern Ontario. It may be useful to consider these factors in developing targeted risk-reduction and treatment strategies. Overall, this study highlights the need for individualized, whole person care and integration of support services into OAT programs. Objectifs: La thérapie par agonistes opioïdes (TAO) est très accessible dans le Nord de l’Ontario, mais les taux d’abandon du traitement sont élevés et la rétention est clairement établie comme un indicateur clé de succès. L’amélioration de la rétention grâce à l’identification et au ciblage des facteurs contributifs pourrait produire de meilleurs résultats pour les patients. Cette étude vise à identifier les facteurs individuels associés à la rétention de l’OAT chez les patients inscrits dans le nord de l’Ontario. Méthode: Quarante-cinq personnes ont effectué des entrevues personnelles dans les deux semaines suivant l’inscription à l’OAT dans une clinique externe à Thunder Bay, en Ontario. L’association des facteurs de base avec la rétention du programme a été analysée un, trois et six mois après l’admission. Résultats: Après un mois, recevoir un soutien financier et être à l’aise avec la spiritualité et les croyances protégeaient contre le décrochage, tandis que les antécédents de condamnation criminelle étaient un facteur de risque ( P < 0,05). Après trois mois, vivre au domicile actuel pendant au moins un an et recevoir un soutien financier étaient des facteurs de protection, alors que la consommation récente d’héroïne et les récents conflits familiaux étaient des facteurs de risque ( P < 0,05). Après six mois, aucun facteur de protection n’a été identifié, mais un conflit familial récent était un facteur de risque ( P < 0,05). Conclusion: Cette étude a identifié plusieurs facteurs individuels associés à la rétention de l’OAT chez les patients inscrits dans le nord de l’Ontario. Il peut être utile de retenir ces facteurs dans l’élaboration de stratégies ciblées de réduction des risques et de traitements. Dans l’ensemble, cette étude met en évidence la nécessité de soins individualisés pour la personne dans son intégralité et de l’intégration des services de soutien dans les programmes OAT.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.180
Threshold uncertainty score0.363

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0020.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.036
GPT teacher head0.227
Teacher spread0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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