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Table 3 Univariate analysis of factors associated with GPs’ answers (N = 62)

From: Opinion of health professionals and drug users before the forthcoming opening of the first drug consumption room in Paris: a quantitative cross-sectional study

 

Age

(Spearman’s rho)

Sex

F = 29

M = 32

(MW)

District of exercise

(KW)

Experience in addiction medicine

Yes N = 24

No N = 36

(MW)

Years of practice of addiction medicine

(Spearman’s rho)

Prescription of OST

Yes N = 19

No N = 43

(MW)

Health care access of PWUD

r = 0.119

p = 0.373

U = 462

p = 0.976

KW = 0.902

p = 0.825

U = 390

p = 0.512

r = 0.102

p = 0.438

U = 326

p = 0.242

Frequency of drug use

r = 0.027

p = 0.840

U = 412

p = 0.419

KW = 3.333

p = 0.343

U = 358

p = 0.055

r = − 0.204

p = 0.117

Yes − 0.26 (±0.73)

No 0.64 (±1.35)

U = 233

p = .006

Risk of drug-related infection

r = 0.185

p = 0.165

U = 383

p = 0.221

KW = 0.096

p = 0.992

U = 362

p = 0.244

r = − 0.102

p = 0.439

U = 337

p = 0.313

Death by overdose

r = 0.130

p = 0.329

U = 337

p = 0.060

KW = 3.087

p = 0.378

U = 362

p = 0.281

r = − 0.124

p = 0.345

U = 347

p = 0.406

Social disadvantages of the PWUD

r = 0.010

p = 0.938

U = 378

p = 0.191

KW = 6.604

p = 0.086

Yes − 0.79 (± 1.10)

No − 0.17 (± 1.10)

U = 284

p = 0.019

r = − 0.333

p = 0.009

Yes − 0.79 (± 1.18)

No − 0.19 (± 1.08)

U = 267

p = 0.030

Sharing of used consumption devices

r = 0.069

p = 0.606

U = 357

p = 0.107

KW = 4.038

p = 0.257

U = 408

p = 0.707

r = − 0.038

p = 0.774

U = 373

p = 0.679

Amount of new PWUD

r = − 0.046

p = 0.736

U = 425

p = 0.661

KW = 0.353

p = 0.950

U = 342

p = 0.146

r = − 0.176

p = 0.182

U = 299

P = 0.081

Number of arrests for drug use

r = − 0.102

p = 0.453

U = 426

p = 0.903

KW = 4.801

p = 0.187

U = 313

p = 0.149

r = 0.214

p = 0.107

U = 340

p = 0.767

Quietness of the neighborhood

r = 0.231

p = 0.083

U = 388

p = 0.357

KW = 3.830

p = 0.280

U = 367

p = 0.408

r = 0.135

p = 0.308

U = 314

p = 0.220

Amount of drug consumption devices abandoned in public

r = − 0.097

p = 0.471

U = 361

p = 0.185

KW = 1.388

p = 0.708

U = 355

p = 0.348

r = 0.137

p = 0.300

U = 339

p = 0.521

Deal in the neighborhood

r = 0.229

p = 0.084

U = 452

p = 0.863

KW = 0.178

p = 0.981

U = 359

p = 0.257

r = 0.093

p = 0.481

U = 351

p = 0.438

Drug use in public

r = 0.150

p = 0.265

U = 378

p = 0.199

KW = 1.788

p = 0.618

U = 406

p = 0.692

r = − 0.038

p = 0.773

U = 356

p = 0.495

Violence in the neighborhood

r = − 0.170

p = 0.203

U = 379

p = 0.275

KW = 1.810

p = 0.613

U = 371

p = 0.429

r = − 0.127

p = 0.336

U = 372

p = 0.777

Global health and quality of life of the PWUD

r = 0.011

p = 0.935

U = 384

p = 0.193

KW = 6.589

p = 0.086

Yes 1.29 (± 0.80)

No 0.58 (± 1.13)

U = 259

p = 0.004

r = 0.298

p = 0.021

Yes 1.42 (± 0.69)

No 0.62 (± 1.10)

U = 221

p = 0.002

  1. GP general practitioner, OST opioid substitution treatment prescription, MW Mann-Whitney’s U test, r Spearman’s correlation test, P statistical significance
  2. Italic prints: p < 0.05