Table 3 Reasons for assisted injecting among PWID during two time periods (December 2005–May 2007 and December 2012–May 2014)
From: Declining trends in the rates of assisted injecting: a prospective cohort study
Reason for needing help | Males (n = 229) | Females (n = 175) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2005–May 2007 (%) | December 2012–May 2014 (%) | p value | December 2005–May 2007 (%) | December 2012–May 2014 (%) | p value | |
151 (65.9) | 78 (34.1) | 115 (65.7) | 60 (34.3) | |||
Lack of injection technique | 31 (20.5) | 8 (10.3) | 0.050 | 19 (16.5) | 2 (3.3) | 0.013 |
Bad veins/no veins | 61 (40.4) | 24 (30.8) | 0.153 | 48 (41.7) | 18 (30.0) | 0.128 |
Anxious/dope sick | 22 (14.6) | 11 (14.1) | 0.924 | 10 (8.7) | 13 (21.7) | 0.016 |
Jugular injection | 32 (21.2) | 26 (33.3) | 0.045 | 43 (37.4) | 27 (45.0) | 0.329 |
Vision or other disability | 24 (15.9) | 11 (14.1) | 0.721 | 17 (14.8) | 7 (11.7) | 0.570 |
Other reasons | 7 (4.6) | 9 (11.5) | 0.052 | 4 (3.5) | 1 (1.7) | 0.662 |