Research Article
Portraying Persons Who Inject Drugs Recently Infected with Hepatitis C Accessing Antiviral Treatment: A Cluster Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of participants and comparative analyses according to treatment initiation (
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| | Frequency distribution | Comparison tests | |
Total sample () |
Treatment not initiated (65%) |
Treatment initiated (35%) | value | | | % | | % | | % | |
| Age categories | | | | | | | | <30 years old | 28 |
46.7 | 21 | 53.8 | 7 | 33.3 | | 30–39 years old | 15 | 25.0 | 9 | 23.1 | 6 | 28.6 | 0.311 | >40 years old | 17 | 28.3 | 9 | 23.1 | 8 | 38.1 | 0.133 | Gender | | | | | | | | Female | 15 | 25.0 | 11 | 28.2 | 4 | 19.0 | 0.437 | Male | 45 | 75.0 | 28 | 71.8 | 17 | 81.0 | | Education | | | | | | | | Secondary or less | 44 | 73.3 | 30 | 76.9 | 14 | 66.7 | 0.397 | College or above | 16 | 26.7 | 9 | 23.1 | 7 | 33.3 | | Housing | | | | | | | | Stable housing (home, apartment, room) | 25 | 41.7 | 18 | 46.2 | 7 | 33.3 | | Temporary housing (therapy, prison, shelter) | 22 | 36.7 | 12 | 30.8 | 10 | 47.6 | 0.217 | Homeless | 13 | 21.7 | 9 | 23.1 | 4 | 19.0 | 0.858 | Alcohol consumption | 36 | 60.0 | 23 | 59.0 | 13 | 61.9 | 0.825 | IV drugs consumed | | | | | | | | IV heroine | 29 | 48.3 | 19 | 48.7 | 10 | 47.6 | 0.935 | IV cocaine | 53 | 88.3 | 34 | 87.2 | 19 | 90.5 | 0.705 | Vaccines received | | | | | | | | Hepatitis B vaccine | 17 | 28.3 | 7 | 17.9 | 10 | 47.6 | 0.015 | Quality of life scores | | | | | | | | PCS mean (SD) | 46,4 | 10.2 | 45.6 | 9.8 | 47.9 | 10.9 | 0.389 | MCS mean (SD) | 33,9 | 13.9 | 34.0 | 14.2 | 33.9 | 13.8 | 0.985 | Methadone | 20 | 33.3 | 10 | 25.6 | 10 | 47.6 | 0.085 | Having been followed up in the 6 prior months by a family physician | 11 | 18.3 | 6 | 15.4 | 5 | 23.8 | 0.424 |
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Pearson chi-square.
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