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Table 3 Comparison of the 90-days items between Pre-COVID and COVID Periods

From: The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services

 

Total

Usual Care

Accessible Care

Pre-COVID

COVID

Pre-COVID

COVID

Pre-COVID

COVID

(n = 56; 60.2%)

(n = 37; 39.8%)

(n = 27; 61.4%)

(n = 17; 38.6%)

(n = 29; 59.2%)

(n = 20; 40.8%)

%

%

%

%

%

%

Overdose

      

 Have you overdosed in the past 90 days?

5.4

13.5

3.7

5.9

6.9

20.0

 Emergency Personnel Have you had emergency personnel come because of an overdose in the past 90 days?

0.0

5.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

10.0

 Do you currently have Narcan/Naloxone (e.g., at your house, in your purse)?

32.1

24.3

33.3

47.1

31.0

5.0*

Substance use

      

 Any drug use past 90 days

83.9

70.3

74.1

70.6

93.1

70.0*

 Any regular drug use past 90 days

62.5

54.1

59.3

58.8

65.5

50.0

 Any drug injection past 90 days

62.5

48.6

55.6

52.9

69.0

45.0^

 Any regular drug injection past 90 days

42.9

35.1

40.7

47.1

44.8

25.0

 Have you drunk alcohol in the past 90 days?

19.6

29.7

22.2

35.3

17.2

25.0

 Have you drunk alcohol regularly in the past 90 days? (Regular use = 3 or more times/week)

12.5

29.7*

11.1

35.3^

13.8

25.0

Drug treatment

      

 Have you been in treatment for drug use in the past 90 days?

51.8

54.1

44.4

47.1

58.6

60.0

 Buprenorphine treatment alone—drug treatment in the past 90 days

8.9

2.7

3.7

5.9

13.8

0.0

 Buprenorphine treatment plus outpatient counseling—drug treatment in the past 90 days

17.9

5.4

25.9

0.0*

10.3

10.0

 Methadone maintenance program—drug treatment in the past 90 day

35.7

51.4

33.3

41.2

37.9

60.0

 Residential detoxification program (< = 1wk)—drug treatment in the past 90 days

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.4

0.0

 Residential rehabilitation program (28-day program)—drug treatment in the past 90 days

0.0

10.8*

0.0

5.9

0.0

15.0^

 Long term residential treatment—drug treatment in the past 90 days

3.6

2.7

7.4

0.0

0.0

5.0

 Regular 12-step attendance—drug treatment in the past 90 days

1.8

0.0

3.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

Syringe services program

      

 Have you been to the needle exchange in the past 90 days?

44.6

27.0^

48.1

41.2

41.4

15.0^

  1. ^ p < .10; *p < .05