From: Feasibility of needle and syringe programs in Tajikistan distributing low dead space needles
IRR (95% CI) | p value | IRR (95% CI) | p value | |
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Gender (female = 0, male = 1) | 2.05 (1.25, 3.37) | 0.005 | ||
Age in years | 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) | 0.202 | ||
Completed high school or more (no = 0, yes = 1) | 0.72 (0.43, 1.21) | 0.217 | ||
Prefers regular needles to LDS needles = 1.00 | 1.95 (1.25, 3.02) | 0.003 | ||
Pharmacy main source of syringes | 1.48 (0.92, 2.38) | 0.106 | ||
Unable to get LDS | 0.55 (0.36, 0.83) | 0.004 | 0.60 (0.39, 0.91) | 0.016 |
Injected homemade opiates | 1.48 (0.83, 2.66) | 0.187 | 1.54 (0.85, 2.79) | 0.158 |
Like LDS because they waste less drugs | 0.94 (0.63, 1.42) | 0.775 | ||
Like LDS because needles because they are free | 1.87 (0.22, 15.69) | 0.564 | ||
Like LDS needles because they make it easier to split drugs accurately | 0.70 (0.41, 1.19) | 0.187 | ||
Like LDS needles because less infected blood stays in them | 0.81 (0.50, 1.31) | 0.397 | ||
Usually used 12-mm/ 0.5-in. needles | 0.91 (0.53, 1.55) | 0.730 | ||
Usually used 1-mL syringes | 1.02 (0.66, 1.58) | 0.932 | ||
Number of times injected heroin mixed with dimedrol in the last 30 days? | 1.04 (1.02, 1.05) | < 0.001 | ||
Number of times injected heroin by itself in the last 30 days? | 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) | 0.166 | ||
Number of injections in the last 30 days? | 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) | < 0.001 | 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) | < 0.001 |
Number of days between the start of the study and follow-up interview completed | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) | 0.931 |