Perceived Importance of Counseling Among Patients Receiving Methadone Treatment

Bibliographic Data

ID13913381
AuthorsDeclan T Barry (0000-0001-6697-5220, Yale School of Medicine, corresponding author), Mark Beitel (0000-0001-5201-6547, Yale School of Medicine), Marina Gaeta Gazzola (0000-0002-4652-3937, Yale School of Medicine), Suneel M Agerwala (APT Foundation), Suneel Agerwala (Yale School of Medicine), Gul Saeed (0000-0001-6222-3275, Yale School of Medicine), Kathryn Eggert (APT Foundation), Kathryn F Eggert (The APT Foundation, Inc), Teresa Roehrich (The APT Foundation, Inc), Connie Hsaio (Yale School of Medicine), Mikah Covelli (The APT Foundation, Inc), Iain Carmichael (0000-0001-7239-035X, Brigham and Women's Hospital), Iain D Carmichael (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Lynn Madden (0000-0002-9981-3938, Yale University), Lynn M Madden (Yale School of Medicine), Muhammad Hammouri (0000-0002-4700-8013, University of Jordan)
Year2025
Pages1-8
Publication date2025-03-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychoactive Drugs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0279-1072 • E-ISSN: 2159-9777
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02791072.2025.2484374
PMID40143754
OpenAlexW4408919103
LanguageEN
References cited35

We examined the perceived importance of counseling and its correlates among patients receiving methadone treatment (MT). Participants were 345 patients attending MT who completed 7-point Likert-type scales from 1 ("Strongly Disagree") to 7 ("Strongly Agree") to rate agreement with perceived importance of counseling, opioid use disorder (OUD) illness models, and OUD treatment beliefs. We examined predictors of perceived importance of counseling using hierarchical linear regression; steps 1, 2, and 3 were demographics, OUD illness models, and OUD treatment beliefs, respectively. Most (76%) agreed counseling was important (Mean = 5.6, SD = 1.7). Demographics did not contribute significantly to the regression model, F(4, 340) = 0.88, p > .05). R 2 was significant for Step 2 (F = 2.89, p p > .05). The addition of OUD treatment beliefs on Step 3 (positive overall treatment expectation, importance of daily methadone, life-saving benefit of methadone medication, and importance of mutual aid) explained an additional 51% of the variation in perceived importance of counseling and this change in R 2 was significant, F(4, 333) = 31.17, p < .001. We conclude that most participants perceived counseling to be important and OUD treatment beliefs independently predicted perceived importance of counseling

Methadone · Methadone maintenance · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes