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Table 8 Factors significantly associated with fear of contamination in univariate tests and binary logistic regression

From: Associating conditional cash transfer to universal access to treatment could be the solution to the HCV epidemic among drug users (DUs)

Fear of contamination

% fear

% total

Sig

Odds ratio

95% CI odds ratio

Lower

Upper

Univariate

 Health

  

0.009

1.937

1.179

3.182

  Yes

52.7

41.4

    

  No

36.5

56.6

    

 Hepatitis

  

< 0.0001

5.419

1.947

15.080

  Yes

78.3

8.6

    

  No

39.9

91.4

    

 Overdose

  

< 0.0001

5.292

2.936

9.537

  Yes

71.9

27.8

    

  No

32.2

72.7

    

 Illicit*

  

0.004

   

  Legal

35.4

55.3

    

  Moonlighting

43.9

18.9

NS

1.42

0.73

2.76

  Illegal

59.2

26.7

< 0.001

2.65

1.18

4.74

 Social inclusion

  

< 0.0001

0.11

0.03

0.375

  Yes

9.1

12.4

    

  No

48.1

87.6

    

Logistic regression

B

Wald

Sig

Odds ratio

95% CI odds ratio

Lower

Upper

Fears Nb

0.580

27.333

< 0.0001

1.751

1.419

2.160

Social inclusion

− 1.851

6.347

0.012

0.157

0.037

0.863

Hepatitis

− 1.766

7.881

0.005

0.171

0.050

0.587

overdose

− 0.939

6.047

0.014

0.314

0.185

0.827

Illicit*

 Legal

− 0.973

6.673

0.010

0.378

0.181

0.791

 Moonlighting

− 1.120

4.745

0.029

0.391

0.185

0.827

 Constant

2.933

6.552

0.010

18.790

  
  1. Hosmer and Lemeshow test, 0.777; CC—Fear+, 71.9%; Fear−, 85.1%; all, 79.9%
  2. Logistic regression odds ratios: social inclusion (forward stepwise selection) (266 cases: exclusion of HCV+ DUs)
  3. Fears Nb total number of fears, Health plan for a health check, Hepatitis plan for HCV screening, Overdose fear of overdoses, Illegal drug trafficking or theft, Social inclusion having a job, housing, social security
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