Table 2 Distribution of participants’ characteristics in Abbotsford and Downtown Eastside (DTES), n = 149. Data presented as either count (percent frequency) or mean (standard deviation)
Demographic variables of participants | n = 149, n or mean (% or SD) |
|---|---|
Age | 44 (11) |
Male | 71 (48) |
Homeless | 51 (34) |
House/apartment | 38 (26) |
Living with friends or family | 15 (10) |
Supported living | 45 (30) |
First nations | 62 (42) |
Relationship status (single) | 36 (24) |
Reported medical condition | |
 HCV | 59 (40) |
 No medical condition | 61 (41) |
 Anxiety | 79 (53) |
 Depression | 84 (56) |
 No mental condition | 25 (17) |
 Other mental conditions | 72 (48) |
Drug use | |
 Meth preferred | 99 (66) |
 Crack preferred | 71 (48) |
 Pipe source | |
  Outreach organizations | 122 (82) |
  Store | 30 (20) |
  Peers | 21 (14) |
 Lend, borrow, or share pipes | 84 (56) |
 Overdosed in the past month | 15 (10) |
 Trained on how to use naloxone (naloxone) | 100 (67) |
 Trained on CPR | 102 (68) |
 Carry naloxone | 70 (47) |
 Have assisted peers who have overdosed | 66 (45) |
 Arrested for smoking or using illicit drugs in public | 24 (16) |
 Received tickets for smoking or using illicit drugs in the past | 12 (8) |
 Have experienced violence or exploitation when using drugs in public by: |  |
  PWSD | 83 (56) |
  Dealers | 57 (39) |
  Police | 48 (32) |
 Have experienced psychosis or paranoia as a result of smoking illicit drugs in the past | 91 (61) |
 Have had blisters, cuts, damaged, or infections to your mouth, oral area, or lips in the last month | 39 (26) |
 Number of days since visiting a doctor or a nurse | 152 (436) |
 Public drug use | 106 (71) |
 Pipe screen material |  |
  Brillo | 59 (40) |
  Brass | 54 (36) |
  Meth equipment | 48 (32) |
Network characteristics | |
 Network size | 21 (14) |