Willingness to treat drug dependence and depression: comparisons of future health professionals

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Table 1 Panel A: Program participation levels for the full two-part survey by level of randomly drawn reinforcer

	Level of reinforcement*
	$12	$18	$25	$30	$37
Program
Social work	44%	65%	81%	n/a	100%
Medical	n/a	68%	71%	89%	n/a

Notes: The medical study was conducted before the social work study, without $12 and $37 valued reinforcers. The social work study approach was re-designed with re-balancing of available funds using $12 and $37 reinforcers in an effort to achieve 100% participation at the high value, and to induce more variation in the range of participation levels, as shown above. The current plan for our future survey work eliminates the $30 reinforcer level, creates a $32 reinforcer level, and retains the $37 reinforcer level. Via pilot studies described elsewhere (Anthony et al, in preparation), we have learned that an upper asymptote of student participation, close to 96%–100% can be reached via reinforcers in the $32–$37 range.

Table 1 Panel B: Sample description based upon online survey data from medical and social work student participants on university rosters for required courses

	Medical school students (n = 71)	Social work students (n = 76)
	% (n)	% (n)
Sex/gender
Men	42 (30)	15 (11)
Women	58 (41)	86 (65)
Age (years)
20–21	3 (2)	1 (1)
22–23	31 (22)	40 (30)
24–25	39 (27)	21 (16)
Over 25	27 (19)	38 (29)
Depression history
Yes	34 (24)	43 (32)
No	66 (47)	57 (43)
Tobacco smoking
Current smoker	3 (2)	23 (17)
Past smoker	31 (22)	31 (23)
Never smoked	66 (47)	47 (35)
Alcohol use
2 or more drinks/week	21 (15)	23 (17)
2–4 drinks/month	41 (29)	29 (22)
Monthly or less	21 (15)	32 (24)
Never	16 (11)	16 (12)

Table 2 Estimates from pooled GLM/GEE multivariate regression analysis assessing levels of MCRS-rated stigma-feelings, with covariate adjustment for age and variables listed below*

	Coefficient (β)**	95% CI**	Coefficient (β)	95% CI	P-value
Sex: Male (Female is reference)	3.4	1.3, 5.6	3.8	1.7, 5.8	<0.001
Program: Medical student (Social work program is reference)	0.3	࿠−1.6, 2.1	࿠−0.7	࿠−2.4, 1.0	0.405

Notes:

* Covariate adjustment for the randomly drawn reinforcer values did not yield appreciable change in these estimated relationships;

** Unadjusted estimates