Table 1 Characteristics and prevalence of past-month opioid agonist therapy (OAT) uptake among people who inject drug in Iran in two consecutive bio-behavioral surveillance surveys in 2010 (N = 1783) and 2014 (N = 2166)
2010 | 2014 | P value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N (%) | People with OAT uptake N (%) | Past-month OAT uptake in 2010 % | N (%) | People with OAT uptake N (%) | Past-month OAT uptake in 2014 % | ||
Overall | 1783 | 790 (100.0) | 49.2 | 2166 | 905 (100.0) | 45.8 | 0.033 | |
Sex | Male | 1732 (96.0) | 759 (94.9) | 48.6 | 2120 (98.7) | 881 (98.2) | 45.6 | 0.063 |
Female | 51 (4.0) | 31 (5.1) | 63.2 | 46 (1.3) | 24 (1.8) | 64.4 | 0.902 | |
Age at interview | ≤35 | 1054 (57.3) | 439 (54.1) | 46.6 | 1075 (47.8) | 403 (44.6) | 42.8 | 0.077 |
>35 | 725 (42.7) | 351 (45.9) | 52.9 | 1089 (52.2) | 501 (55.4) | 48.6 | 0.072 | |
Marital status | Single (never married) | 816 (44.9) | 355 (43.8) | 47.9 | 1000 (44.4) | 380 (39.1) | 40.4 | 0.001 |
Ever Married | 967 (55.1) | 455 (56.2) | 50.2 | 1105 (55.6) | 501 (60.9) | 50.3 | 0.963 | |
Income | ≤ 200 USD (6,000,000 Rials) | 1396 (76.9) | 630 (78.0) | 49.9 | 834 (39.9) | 332 (40.0) | 45.9 | 0.067 |
> 200USD (6,000,000 Rials) | 331 (23.1) | 138 (22.0) | 47.0 | 1171 (60.1) | 500 (60.0) | 44.8 | 0.477 | |
Education level | High school and above | 544 (30.7) | 244 (29.0) | 46.4 | 696 (33.0) | 283 (31.7) | 44.0 | 0.399 |
Less than high school | 1237 (69.3) | 545 (71.0) | 50.4 | 1469 (67.0) | 621 (68.3) | 46.7 | 0.055 | |
History of incarceration (ever) | Yes | 1418 (81.2) | 624 (79.6) | 53.2 | 1651 (79.8) | 716 (82.9) | 47.7 | 0.002 |
No | 359 (18.8) | 164 (20.4) | 48.2 | 513 (20.2) | 189 (17.1) | 38.8 | 0.005 | |
Substance use type in the past month** | Only opioids | 1218 (77.1) | 584 (87.9) | 51.5 | 384 (25.8) | 174 (29.3) | 46.7 | 0.100 |
Only non-opioids | 126 (8.0) | 3 (0.4) | 2.0 | 119 (10.8) | 32 (8.6) | 32.9 | <0.001 | |
Opioids and non-opioids | 213 (14.9) | 69 (11.7) | 35.6 | 967 (63.4) | 352 (62.1) | 40.3 | 0.203 | |
Self-perceived risk of HIV | Yes | 960 (58.9) | 393 (53.6) | 45.2 | 954 (49.1) | 431 (50.9) | 47.5 | 0.286 |
No | 649 (41.1) | 328 (46.4) | 56.1 | 1204 (50.9) | 469 (49.1) | 44.3 | <0.001 | |
HIV status | Negative | 1408 (85.0) | 566 (81.1) | 44.5 | 1911 (92.3) | 768 (90.0) | 44.9 | 0.818 |
Positive | 227 (15.0) | 129 (18.9) | 59.6 | 171 (7.7) | 98 (10.0) | 58.3 | 0.795 | |
Source of recruitment | Outreach | 142 (8.0) | 43 (5.5) | 38.8 | 363 (16.8) | 184 (13.4) | 48.2 | 0.056 |
Facility-based | 1641 (92.0) | 747 (94.5) | 50.0 | 1801 (83.2) | 720 (86.6) | 45.4 | 0.007 | |