A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms

Table 4 Advice, education, and overdose

	n (%)		p
	Yes	No
Treatment for disease
Advised to seek medical help^a,b
Yes	39 (68)	18 (32)	0.003
No	37 (42)	52 (38)
Was the education useful?
Have been educated by staff in:
Safe injection n 55 (100)	52 (95)	3 (5)
Hygienic measures n 62 (100)	61 (98)	1 (2)
Use DCR because of access to clean tools
Educated in hygienic measures^c
Yes	55 (93)	4 (7)	0.024
No	25 (76)	8 (24)
Become better at preventing overdose since using DCR
Experienced overdose inside DCR^d
Yes	16 (80)	4 (20)	0.0042
No	54 (43)	75 (57)
Experienced overdose outside DCR^e
Yes	44 (58)	32 (42)	0.018
No	28 (37)	47 (63)

^a N 57 (which is 39 % of the total sample) had been advised on seeking medical help
^bChi-squared test comparing advised to seek medical help against have been in treatment. Significantly more who have been advised have also been in treatment
^cFisher’s exact test shows significantly more who have been educated in hygienic measures use DCR because of access to clean tools
^dChi-squared test shoving significant correlation between having experience of OD inside DCR to perceived ability to prevent an OD since starting to use the DCR
^eChi-squared test shoving significant correlation between having experience of OD inside DCR to perceived ability to prevent an OD since starting to use the DCR

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