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Table 1 Participant information

From: “I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it’d be easier”: perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices

Variable

Descriptive statistics n (%)

Demographics

N = 25

Gender

 Female

12 (48)

 Male

12 (48)

 Transgender

1 (4)

Ethnicity

 First Nations, Inuit, or Metis

20 (80)

 White

5 (20)

Age

 30–39

7 (28)

 40–49

10 (40)

 50–59

7 (28)

 60+

1 (4)

Drug use characteristics

N = 25

Length of drug use (years)

 1–10

13 (52)

 11–20

4 (16)

 21–30

3 (12)

 31–40

5 (2)

Utilization of drug consumption supplies

 Accepted and used supplies

19 (76)

 Did not accept supplies

4 (16)

 Accepted but did not use supplies

2 (8)