Table 4 Changes in risk behaviour and alcohol misuse
Drug and Alcohol | Baseline | Six-Month follow-up | Â | Â | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | EPC n = 37 | SEC n = 41 | EPC n = 36 | SEC n = 41 | Effect of Treatment | |||||
χ2 analysis | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |  | p |
IRQ – injected at all in last six months | 37.0 | 100.0 | 41.0 | 100.0 | 20 | 55.6 | 24 | 58.5 | 0.07 | 0.79 |
IRQ – Shared any IV equipment at all in last 6 months | 21.0 | 56.8 | 27.0 | 65.9 | 6 | 16.6 | 8 | 19.5 | 0.10 | 0.75 |
Used needle exchange in the last six months | 21.0 | 56.8 | 23.0 | 56.1 | 16 | 44.4 | 17 | 41.5 | 0.07 | 0.79 |
AUDIT (score of 8 or more) | 11.0 | 29.7 | 16.0 | 39.0 | 8 | 22.2 | 7 | 17.1 | 0.32 | 0.57 |