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Table 1 Participant (intervention recipients) socio-demographic characteristics

From: Development, acceptability and feasibility of a personalised, behavioural intervention to prevent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods Person-Based Approach study

Characteristic

n (%)

 

N = 13

Ethnicity

 White British

12 (92.3)

 Black British

1 (8.7)

Gender

 Male

8 (61.5)

 Female

5 (38.5)

Age: years

 Mean (SD)

43.6 (7.0)

Current housing status

 House

7 (53.8)

 Hostel

6 (46.2)

Experience of homelessness

 Yes

11 (84.6)

 No

2 (15.4)

Length of injecting history

 Years (range)

22.7 (13–44)

Previously attempted to stop injecting

 Yes

13 (100.0)

 No

0 (0.0)

Experience of SSTI

 Yes

11 (84.6)

 No

2 (15.4)

Currently on opioid agonist treatment

 Yes

12 (92.3)

 No

1 (7.7)