Research Article
Self-Rated Physical Health and Unmet Healthcare Needs among Swedish Patients in Opioid Substitution Treatment
Table 3
Unmet healthcare needs. Total n=218. Percentage of valid answers. Excluded - no symptoms or missing answer.
| Health characteristic | Valid n | n (% of valid) |
| General unmet healthcare needs | | | (respiratory, pain, gastrointestinal, genital) | 188 | 154 (82%) | Did not seek healthcare for respiratory symptoms | 89 | 50 (56%) | Did not seek healthcare for pain | 130 | 92 (71%) | Did not seek healthcare for gastrointestinal symptoms | 100 | 66 (66%) | Did not seek healthcare for genital symptoms | 93 | 74 (80%) | Did not seek healthcare for dental symptoms | 128 | 66 (52%) |
| Worries about physical health, did not seek healthcare | 103 | 44 (43%) | Healthcare need but refrained from seeking, past year. | 198 | 105 (53%) |
| Aware of which primary care listed to | 202 | 162 (80%) | Aware of when to seek primary care | 203 | 170 (84%) | Aware how to contact primary care | 203 | 188 (93%) | Experience of poor treatment due to OST/drug use | 206 | 131 (64%) |
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