Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
Characteristics (n = 425) | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) mean ± SD (range) | 41.6 ± 10.8 |
Gender (male) | 335 (78.8) |
Country of birth | |
Belgium | 333 (78.4) |
Other | 91 (21.4) |
Missing | 1 (0.2) |
Source of income last 6 months | |
Employment | 87 (20.5) |
Welfare check | 254 (59.8) |
Pension | 13 (3.1) |
None | 68 (16.0) |
Missing | 3 (0.7) |
Housing last 6 months | |
At home (owned/rented) | 225 (52.9) |
Residential/family/friends | 122 (28.7) |
Prison/homeless | 78 (18.4) |
Missing | 2 (0.5) |
Level of education | |
Primary school (7–12 years) | 22 (5.2) |
Partly completed high school (< 16 years) | 130 (30.6) |
Completed high school (18 years) | 206 (48.4) |
Higher education (> 18 years) | 66 (15.5) |
Missing | 1 (0.2) |
Ever have been incarcerated (yes) | 227 (53.4) |
Alcohol abuse | |
Active (< 6 m) | 122 (28.7) |
Former | 126 (29.6) |
Never | 175 (41.2) |
Missing | 2 (0.5) |
Age of first drug use (years) mean ± SD (range) | 18 ± 8.1 |
Ever IV drug use (yes) | 148 (34.8) |
Recent (< 6 m) IDU (n = 148) | 73 (49.3) |
Recently (< 6 m) injected not connected to NSP (n = 73) | 13 (17.8) |
Recently (< 6 m) used opioid not connected to OAT (n = 97) | 47 (48.5) |