Table 2 Logistic regression model for participants in Khudjand who prefer high dead space needles to low dead space needles
From: Feasibility of needle and syringe programs in Tajikistan distributing low dead space needles
Variables | Bivariate | Multivariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | |
Gender (female = 0, male = 1) | 1.36 (0.48, 3.88) | 0.562 | ||
Age in years | 0.99 (0.93, 1.05) | 0.715 | ||
High school education or more | 0.41 (0.15, 1.15) | 0.092 | ||
Pharmacy main source of syringes at follow-up | 1.87 (0.72, 4.86) | 0.198 | 2.12 (0.74, 6.11) | 0.162 |
Usually used 12-mm/ 0.5-in. needles | 0.58 (0.17, 1.94) | 0.378 | ||
Usually used 1-mL syringes | 0.36 (0.13, 1.01) | 0.051 | 0.30 (0.10, 0.92) | 0.035 |
Injected homemade opiates at follow-up | 0.56 (0.15, 2.19) | 0.408 | ||
Like LDS needles because they waste less drugs | 1.04 (0.44, 2.42) | 0.935 | ||
Like LDS needles because they make it easier to split drugs accurately | 0.58 (0.17, 1.94) | 0.378 | ||
Like LDS needles because they save money on drugs | 0.69 (0.29, 1.65) | 0.408 | ||
Like LDS needle because they are healthier to use because less infected blood stays in them | 0.89 (0.33, 2.44) | 0.824 | ||
Number of injections with heroin mixed with dimedrol in the past 30 days | 1.03 (1, 1.05) | 0.045 | ||
Number of injections with heroin by itself in the past 30 days | 1.07 (0.98, 1.17) | 0.142 | ||
Total number of injections past 30 days | 1.04 (1.01, 1.08) | 0.015 | 1.04 (1.01, 1.07) | 0.014 |