Beyond equipment distribution in Needle and Syringe Programmes: an exploratory analysis of blood-borne virus risk and other measures of client need

Table 1 Key factors that differentiated the sample

	Whole sample (n = 236)		Factor 1^a ‘recent risky injection’	Factor2^b ‘disadvantage and disability’	Factor 3^c ‘drug use milieu’
	n	(%)
1. >2 major life stressors in the past 12 months^d	96	40.7
2. ‘Some’, ‘most’ or ‘all’ current friends being PWID^d	140	59.3
3. Any current, non-hepatitis C, chronic comorbidity	129	54.7		0.672
4. Ever diagnosed with a mental illness	141	59.7		0.567
5. Social welfare as a main source of current income	171	72.5		0.545
6. >2 injection-caused injuries ever	94	39.8		0.498
7. Current health being only ‘fair’ or ‘poor’	80	33.9		0.469
8. Perceived current difficulties in managing drug use	130	55.1			0.528
9. Spending ‘some’, ‘most’ or ‘all’ current free time with other PWID	125	53.0			0.493
10. Ever imprisoned	153	64.8			0.485
In the past month
11. Distributive sharing of any other injecting equipment^e	66	28.0	0.722
12. Distributive sharing of any needles	47	19.9	0.715
13. Receptive needle or syringe sharing	47	19.9	0.640
14. Receptive injection (i.e., injection by others)	47	19.9	0.585
15. Drug injection at any public spaces (e.g., toilets or parks)	64	27.1	0.525
16. Receptive sharing of any other injecting equipment^e	91	38.6	0.499
17. Reuse of any (prior used) needles or syringes	73	30.9	0.475
18. Injection ≥1 per day	101	42.8	0.437

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