Table 1 Socio-demographic, behavioral and health data of respondents
From: People who inject oral morphine favor experimentation with injectable opioid substitution
Frequency (Number) | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 119 | 75.8 |
Female | 30 | 19.1 |
Do not wish to answer | 8 | 5.1 |
Age | ||
< 18 years old | 11 | 7.0 |
18–24 years old | 28 | 17.8 |
25–29 years old | 32 | 20.4 |
30–34 years old | 22 | 14.0 |
35–39 years old | 26 | 16.6 |
40–45 years old | 16 | 10.2 |
≥ 46 years old | 21 | 13.4 |
Do not wish to answer | 1 | 0.6 |
Do you have medical prescriptions and pharmacy delivery for this morphine-based medication? | ||
Always | 51 | 32.5 |
Sometimes | 26 | 16.6 |
Rarely | 16 | 10.2 |
Never | 64 | 40.8 |
(Frequency missing = 0) | ||
Are these morphine deliveries reimbursed by the National Health Insurance? | ||
Yes | 78 | 83.9 |
No | 15 | 16.1 |
(Frequency missing = 64) | ||
Do you inject morphine regularly (several times a week or daily) or occasionally? | ||
Regular | 93 | 60.8 |
Occasional | 60 | 39.2 |
(Frequency missing = 4) | ||
Is intravenous injection your most common route of administration? | ||
Yes | 120 | 78.4 |
No | 33 | 21.6 |
(Frequency missing = 6) | ||
Do you ever take any of your morphine by the oral route? | ||
No | 101 | 66.0 |
Yes | 52 | 34.0 |
(Frequency missing = 4) | ||
Which of the following morphine-based medications do you use most often? | ||
Skenan | 119 | 81.0 |
Actiskenan | 11 | 7.5 |
Morphine hydrochloride (injectable vials) | 9 | 6.1 |
Other (specify) | 5 | 3.4 |
(Frequency missing = 13) | ||
Do you ever inject substances other than morphine (heroin, cocaine, other…)? | ||
Yes | 116 | 80.0 |
No | 29 | 20.0 |
(Frequency missing = 12) | ||
In addition to these injections, do you take, even occasionally, oral substitution medication? | ||
Yes | 81 | 56.3 |
No | 63 | 43.8 |
(Frequency missing = 13) | ||
Is the oral substitution medication taken occasionally in addition to morphine methadone or buprenorphine? | ||
Methadone | 60 | 74.1 |
Buprenorphine | 16 | 19.8 |
Both | 5 | 6.2 |
(Frequency missing = 0) | ||
Prescribed or bought on illegal markets? | ||
Prescribed only | 64 | 79.0 |
Prescribed and purchased on illegal markets | 9 | 11.1 |
Purchased on illegal markets only | 8 | 9.9 |
(Frequency missing = 0) | ||
Are these oral substitution medication prescriptions regular (approximately monthly)? | ||
Yes | 63 | 86.3 |
No | 10 | 13.7 |
(Frequency missing = 0) | ||
Have you ever experienced complications related to injections or morphine? (Overdose, injection site infections, systemic infections: hepatitis C, AIDS, endocarditis, spondylodiscitis, etc.) | ||
No | 76 | 52.8 |
Yes | 68 | 47.2 |
(Frequency missing = 13) | ||