Reasons for Not Initiating OAT Among Those Declining Treatment (N=86)

A survey of 86 individuals who declined Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT). The dataset lists reasons for not initiating treatment and was authored by Matthew N. Ponticiello. It was last updated on May 27, 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify common barriers to OAT initiation based on patient-reported reasons.
• Analyze patterns in treatment refusal based on qualitative survey data.
• Inform intervention strategies to improve OAT uptake based on cited obstacles.

Strengths

• Dataset is small at 5.5 KB, facilitating quick download and inspection.
• It is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Matthew N. Ponticiello via figshare

Collection Method

Survey or interview data from individuals declining OAT.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 17:22:24; freshness should be verified.