Healthcare seeking among Swedish patients in opioid substitution treatment – a mixed methods study on barriers and facilitators

Original research
par
Troberg, Katja et al

Date de publication

2022

Géographie

Sweden

Langue de la ressource

english

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Oui

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

Barriers to, and facilitators of, OST patients’ healthcare seeking have been sparsely examined.

Constatations/points à retenir

Data revealed deprioritization, fear of stigma and of being treated badly, and problems in navigation throughout the healthcare system, leading to unsuccessful establishment of contact, being most common reasons for not seeking somatic healthcare. On-site primary healthcare seemed to contribute to increased access and utilization of healthcare.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Mixed methods: questionnaires + 11 semi-structured interviews

Mots clés

Wrap-around services
Barriers and enablers
About PWUD
Substitution/OAT
Stigma