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Table 2 Baseline characteristics comparing participants who utilized chemsex-care services and those who did not (N = 152)

From: Utilization of mental health services in relation to the intention to reduce chemsex behavior among clients from an integrated sexual health services center in Taiwan

  

Chemsex recovery groups

Mental health clinic

Types of services participants used

Total

N = 152

Yes

n = 35

(23.0%)

No

n = 117

(77.0%)

p-value

Yes

n = 26

(17.1%)

No

n = 126

(82.9%)

p-value

0

n = 107

(70.4%)

1

n = 29

(19.1%)

2

n = 16

(10.5%)

p-value

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Intention to reduce chemsex

105 (69.1)

29 (82.9)

76 (65.0)

0.044

23 (88.5)

82 (65.1)

0.019

66 (61.7)

26 (89.7)

13 (81.2)

0.008

Age < 35

114 (75.0)

24 (68.6)

90 (76.9)

0.317

17 (65.4)

97 (77.0)

0.214

83 (77.6)

21 (72.4)

10 (62.5)

0.404

Monthly income ≤ NTD$30,000

81 (53.3)

19 (54.3)

62 (53.0)

0.893

14 (53.8)

67 (53.2)

0.950

54 (50.5)

21 (72.4)

6 (37.5)

0.045

Education ≤ bachelor’s degree

123 (80.9)

30 (85.7)

93 (79.5)

0.411

20 (76.9)

103 (81.7)

0.767b

85 (79.4)

26 (89.7)

12 (75.0)

0.378

Unemployed

43 (28.3)

10 (28.6)

33 (28.2)

0.966

7 (26.9)

36 (28.6)

0.865

29 (27.1)

11 (37.9)

3 (18.8)

0.346

Relationship status

0.202

  

0.527

   

0.398

 Single

79 (52.0)

22 (62.9)

57 (48.7)

 

12 (46.2)

67 (53.2)

 

53 (49.5)

18 (62.1)

8 (50.0)

 

 Regular partners

49 (32.2)

7 (20.0)

42 (35.9)

 

8 (30.8)

41 (32.5)

 

39 (36.4)

5 (17.2)

5 (31.3)

 

 Casual partners

24 (15.8)

6 (17.1)

18 (15.4)

 

6 (23.1)

18 (14.3)

 

15 (14.0)

6 (20.7)

3 (18.8)

 

Poly-drug use

55 (36.2)

19 (54.3)

36 (30.8)

0.011

13 (50.0)

42 (33.3)

0.107

29 (27.1)

20 (69.0)

6 (37.5)

< 0.001

High frequency of substance use

25 (16.4)

13 (37.1)

12 (10.3)

< 0.001

8 (30.8)

17 (13.5)

0.061b

10 (9.3)

9 (31.0)

6 (37.5)

0.001

Living with HIV

39 (25.7)

17 (48.6)

22 (18.8)

< 0.001

16 (61.5)

23 (18.3)

< 0.001

14 (13.1)

17 (58.6)

8 (50.0)

< 0.001

GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores at least one > 10a

45 (32.1)

10 (34.5)

35 (31.5)

0.762

10 (45.5)

35 (29.7)

0.145

29 (28.7)

12 (44.4)

4 (33.3)

0.297

  1. NTD = New Taiwan Dollar; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9
  2. a12 Missing
  3. bYates' continuity correction (due to expected frequencies < 5)
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