Table 2 HIV status and injection behaviors of injection drug users by mode of recruitment in Delhi, India (2011)
From: Strategies for recruiting injection drug users for HIV prevention services in Delhi, India
Variables | Total | Outreach worker referral | Peer referral | Walk-ins | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 3818) | (n = 2048) | (n = 1003) | (n = 767) | ||
Prior HIV testing a | |||||
No | 2327 (61.1) | 1276 (62.5) | 604 (60.2) | 447 (58.7) | 0.135 |
Yes | 1481 (38.9) | 767 (37.5) | 399 (39.8) | 315 (41.3) | |
Reported HIV status at prior HIV testing | (n = 1481) | (n = 767) | (n = 399) | (n = 315) | |
Positive | 143 (9.7) | 60 (7.8) | 42 (10.5) | 41 (13.0) | |
Negative | 1035 (69.9) | 543 (70.8) | 285 (71.4) | 207 (65.7) | 0.023 |
Do not know | 303(20.4) | 164 (21.4) | 72 (18.1) | 67 (21.3) | |
Current HIV status | |||||
Positive | 800 (20.9) | 408 (19.9) | 192 (19.1) | 200 (26.1) | 0.001 |
Negative | 2,835 (74.3) | 1,529 (74.7) | 770 (76.8) | 536 (69.9) | |
Untested/indeterminate | 183 (4.8) | 111 (5.4) | 41 (4.1) | 31 (4.0) | |
Place where usually inject drugs a | |||||
Own home | 350 (9.2) | 192 (9.4) | 86 (8.6) | 72 (9.4) | 0.057 |
Another IDU/peddler’s home | 41 (1.1) | 21 (1.0) | 10 (1.0) | 10 (1.3) | |
Workplace | 57 (1.5) | 31 (1.5) | 15 (1.5) | 11 (1.4) | |
Public place (street, parks, abandoned building, public toilets) | 3361 (88.2) | 1797 (88.1) | 892 (88.9) | 672 (87.9) | |
Time since initiating drug use | |||||
One year or less | 163 (4.3) | 74 (3.6) | 44 (4.4) | 45 (5.9) | |
Two to five years | 666 (17.5) | 315 (15.4) | 216 (21.6) | 135 (17.8) | |
Six to ten years | 1134 (29.8) | 590 (28.9) | 318 (31.8) | 226 (29.8) | |
Eleven or more years | 1840 (48.4) | 1066 (52.1) | 421 (42.2) | 353 (46.5) | 0.002 |
Time since initiating injection drug use | |||||
One year or less | 1295 (34.2) | 699 (34.3) | 384 (38.6) | 212 (28.1) | |
Two to five years | 1556 (41.1) | 807 (39.6) | 393 (39.5) | 356 (47.2) | <0.001 |
Six to ten years | 662 (17.5) | 367 (18.0) | 156 (15.7) | 139 (18.5) | |
Eleven or more years | 272 (7.2) | 164 (8.1) | 61 (6.2) | 47 (6.2) | |
Number of Injections on the last day of injection | |||||
One | 1,531 (40.2) | 840 (41.1) | 412 (41.1) | 279 (36.5) | 0.065 |
Two | 1294 (33.9) | 684 (33.5) | 320 (31.9) | 290 (37.9) | |
Three or more | 986 (25.9) | 520 (25.4) | 271 (27.0) | 195 (25.5) | |
Risky injection practices in the last one month b | |||||
Never | 1555 (41.5) | 869 (43.0) | 402 (41.4) | 284 (37.8) | 0.046 |
At least sometimes | 2190 (58.5) | 1153 (57.0) | 569 (58.6) | 468 (62.2) | |
Had taken needle/syringe from NSE program in last 3 months | |||||
Yes | 1211 (34.05) | 639 (32.6) | 276 (30.0) | 296 (43.7) | <0.001 |
No | 2346 (65.9) | 1320 (67.4) | 645 (70.0) | 381 (56.3) | |
(n = 3675) | (n = 1988) | (n = 961) | (n = 726) | ||
Undiagnosed HIV infection c | 681 (18.5) | 356 (17.9) | 158 (16.4) | 167 (23.0) | 0.002 |