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Table 2 Utilization of services

From: Assessment of health services for people who use drugs in Central Asia: findings of a quantitative survey in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

 

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

 

Group A (reg. PWUD) (%)

Group B (non-reg. PWUD) (%)

Group A (reg. PWUD) (%)

Group B (non-reg. PWUD) (%)

 

N = 301

N = 299

N = 450

N = 450

Utilization of nine interventions (ever)a

 HIV testing and counseling (T&C)

95.0

77.9*

97.1

62.4*

 Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis (TB)

93.0

81.9*

94.2

65.8*

 Targeted information, education, and communication (IEC) for IDUs and their sexual partners

89.0

60.5*

95.3

63.8*

 Needle and syringe programs (NSPs)

71.4

45.2*

76.0

46.9*

 Opioid substitution therapy (OST) and other drug dependence treatment

80.7

15.7*

95.8

27.1*

 Condom programs for IDUs and their sexual partners

69.8

41.8*

81.6

47.6*

 Vaccination, diagnosis, and treatment of viral hepatitis

54.4

55.5

83.8

56.4*

 Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

53.3

52.5

82.7

55.3*

 Antiretroviral therapy (ART)b

6.6

2.7*

9.6

6.2

 None of the above

0.3

10.7*

0.2

24.2*

Utilization of drug-related services (ever)a

 Detoxification without methadone

46.3

9.2*

23.6

13.2*

 Opioid substitution therapy

28.0

1.7*

90.4

0.4*

 Psychotherapy

20.7

7.8*

11.3

8.1

 Brief intervention/motivational interviewing/consulting

19.3

2.0*

11.6

8.7

 Social rehabilitation programs

13.0

2.0*

3.8

4.5

 Maintenance therapy with naltrexone or other opioid antagonist

11.3

5.1*

1.6

1.6

 Detoxification with methadone

9.7

1.0*

20.4

4.3*

 Relapse prevention training

7.0

1.0*

4.4

4.5

 Self-help groups (12-step program)

5.3

1.4*

8.0

10.1

 None of the above

19.0

84.0*

4.2

72.5*

  1. IDUs injecting drug users, PWUD people who use drugs
  2. *Indicates a significant result (p = 0.05 or smaller) between group A and group B in each country
  3. aMultiple response
  4. bDatabase: only HIV-infected PWUD