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Table 5 Factors associated with HCV service provision at DCRs/SIFs - bi-variate logistic regression

From: Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) as a setting to address hepatitis C – findings from an international online survey

 

(1) Provide HCV testing onsite

(n = 32; 665%)

OR (standard error), p-value

(2) Provide liver monitoring or disease management onsite (n = 25; 51%)

OR (standard error), p-value

(3) Provide HCV treatment onsite or planning to provide in near future (n = 10; 20%)

OR (standard error), p-value

Operational

 Country (Netherlands)

0.15* (0.13), 0.02

1.48 (0.37), 0.11

1.39 (0.42), 0.26

 Operated by the government

0.89 (0.58), 0.86

0.53 (0.33), 0.31

1.57 (1.23), 0.57

 Funding from local government

0.55 (0.41), 0.41

0.76 (0.52), 0.69

0.64 (0.53), 0.59

 Co-located with another program

1.38 (0.90), 0.61

1.67 (1.02), 0.40

2.84 (2.50), 0.21

 Stand-alone facility with other services nearby

2.01 (1.51), 0.53

1.17 (0.76), 0.81

0.69 (0.62), 0.68

Staff-Related

 Employing a nurse

2.08 (1.60), 0.34

12.38** (13.92), 0.01

0.70 (0.64), 0.70

 Employing a medical doctor

1.48 (0.98), 0.55

8.00*** (5.66), 0.00

14.58*** (16.41), 0.00

 Employing peer workers

0.88 (0.70), 0.87

0.47 (0.34), 0.29

1.43 (1.31), 0.70

 Higher than median number of paid staff on average day (> 4)

1.20 (0.80), 0.80

1.22 (0.77), 0.75

2.00 (1.62), 0.39

Client-Related

 Higher than median number of attendees per day (> 78)

1.42 (1.04), 0.63

0.62 (0.43), 0.49

2.14 (2.02), 0.41

 Higher than median % of clients tested for HCV (> 80%)

1.98 (1.38), 0.32

0.38 (0.26), 0.15

0.51 (0.38), 0.36

 Higher than median % of clients estimated as HCV positive (> 60%)

0.83 (0.57), 0.79

0.60 (0.40), 0.44

1.00 (0.75), 1.00

Service-Related

 Provide naloxone onsite

3.02 (2.25), 0.12

1.67 (1.07), 0.42

0.49 (0.43), 0.40

 Provide HIV counselling onsite

2.57 (1.77), 0.17

4.09* (2.90), 0.04

3.36 (3.78), 0.23

 Provide HIV testing onsite

44.57*** (50.06), 0.00

7.00*** (4.75), 0.00

2.84 (2.50), 0.21

 Provide OST onsite

2.45 (2.11), 0.27

5.40* (4.62), 0.03

4.29 (3.52), 0.08

 Provide HBV vaccination onsite

7.29** (6.15), 0.01

6.67*** (4.67), 0.00

1.47 (1.15), 0.62

 Higher than median no of spaces for drug use (> 10)

0.63 (0.43), 0.49

0.62 (0.39), 0.44

2.97 (2.68), 0.21

  1. *statistically significant difference (country group vs. all other countries) on p < 0.05 level; **statistically significant difference on p < 0.01 level; ***statistically significant difference on p = 0.00 level