“Sign Me Up”: a qualitative study of video observed therapy (VOT) for patients receiving expedited methadone take-homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Description of study patients who participated in the study

		Interview participants (n = 12)		Pilot participants (n = 60)
		N	%	N	%
Age	< 30	0	0	6	10
	30–49	5	42	34	57
	50–64	7	58	20	33
	65 +	0	0	0	0
Sex	Male	9	75	29	48
Sex	Female	3	25	31	52
Race*	American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	17	5	8
	Asian or Asian American	0	0	0	0
	Black or African American	0	0	1	2
	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1	8	0	0
	White	9	75	51	85
	Unknown or another race	0	0	3	5
Ethnicity	Hispanic or Latino	0	0	3	5
	Not Hispanic or Latino	12	100	48	80
	Unknown	0	0	9	15
Homeless**		0	0	14	23

^*Non-exclusive category
^**Two interview participants indicated living with family
Demographics for counselors is not reported to preserve confidentiality, given the small sample size (n = 3)

ISSN: 1940-0640