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Table 2 Correlates of GP service use in the past month a

From: A cross-sectional study describing factors associated with utilisation of GP services by a cohort of people who inject drugs

Variable

n (%)

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted ORb

  

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Female

210 (32.6)

1.84 (1.29 – 2.62)

1.30 (0.86 – 1.98)

Employed

85 (13.2)

1.86 (1.16 – 2.97)

1.44 (0.82 – 2.55)

Low income group

526 (81.5)

0.50 (0.33 – 0.75)

0.50 (0.30 – 0.83)

Current stable accommodation

514 (79.7)

0.96 (0.62 – 1.46)

-

Education

   

<Year 10

219 (33.9)

1.29 (0.88 – 1.89)

-

Year 10-11 (ref)

292 (45.3)

1

-

Year 12 or higher

134 (20.8)

1.21 (0.77 – 1.90)

-

Failure at school

193 (29.9)

0.99 (0.69 – 1.44)

-

Living with children

57 (8.8)

2.37 (1.36 – 4.10)

1.97 (1.04 – 3.73)

Country of birth

   

Australia (ref)

522 (80.9)

1

1

Vietnam

46 (7.13)

0.33 (0.14 – 0.79)

0.72 (0.24 – 2.14)

Other

77 (11.9)

0.77 (0.45 – 1.33)

0.98 (0.53 – 1.82)

Non-English speaking background

94 (14.6)

0.45 (0.25 – 0.79)

0.79 (0.38 – 1.62)

Identify as Aboriginal or Torres Islander

38 (5.9)

0.98 (0.47 – 2.02)

-

Age at interview

   

<20

34 (5.3)

2.0 (0.98 – 4.12)

1.75 (0.80 – 3.84)

20-24

153 (23.7)

1.1 (0.70 – 1.62)

1.02 (0.65 – 1.62)

25-29 (ref)

330 (51.1)

1

1

> = 30

128 (19.8)

1.0 (0.63 – 1.57)

0.92 (0.56 – 1.51)

Prison – ever

382 (59.2)

0.94 (0.66 – 1.32)

-

Length of injecting career (years)

10.1 (median)

1.00 (0.96 – 1.04)

-

Injected heroin - past month

527 (81.7)

0.84 (0.55 – 1.30)

-

Injected methamphetamines - past month

203 (31.5)

1.25 (0.87 – 1.79)

-

Used benzodiazepines - past month

350 (54.3)

1.25 (0.89 – 1.76)

-

Injected daily or more

191 (29.6)

0.56 (0.38 – 0.84)

0.59 (0.38 – 0.91)

Tested for Hepatitis C / HIV - ever

594 (92.1)

2.35 (1.08 – 5.11)

-

Experienced barrier/s to accessing treatment

72 (11.2)

1.63 (0.98 – 2.70)

1.28 (0.73 – 2.27)

Currently on OST

222 (34.4)

1.10 (0.77 – 1.57)

0.94 (0.63 – 1.41)

Number of other health services used - past month

   

None

422 (65.4)

0.68 (0.46 – 0.99)

0.88 (0.58 – 1.35)

Less than 3 (ref)

178 (27.6)

1

1

3 or more

45 (7.0)

2.30 (1.19 – 4.47)

1.88 (0.93 – 3.80)

Social/ welfare worker contact - past month

133 (20.6)

2.43 (1.63 – 3.60)

1.92 (1.24 – 2.98)

Heroin overdose – 6 months

63 (9.8)

0.88 (0.49 – 1.58)

-

Intentional overdose - ever

73 (11.3)

2.19 (1.34 – 3.60)

1.59 (0.91 – 2.78)

AUDIT-C score (0 – 11)

   

abstinent (ref)

228 (35.4)

1

11.33 (0.85 – 1.86)

<8

292 (45.3)

1.74 (1.17 – 2.57)

1.10 (0.63 – 1.91)

> = 8

124 (19.2)

1.49 (0.91 - 2.44)

 

SF8 Physical wellbeing score poor (45 or below)

194 (30.1)

1.47 (1.02 – 2.11)

1.22 (0.80 – 1.86)

SF8 Mental wellbeing score poor (45 or below)

317 (49.1)

1.57 (1.12 – 2.22)

1.07 (0.71 – 1.62)

Personal Wellbeing Index score

55 (median)

0.99 (0.98 – 1.00)

-

One or more general health conditions

336 (52.1)

1.76 (1.24 – 2.49)

1.38 (0.93 – 2.05)

  1. aResults are from logistic regression with a final model comprising 645 observations.
  2. bAOR reported for exposures significant (p < .1) at the bivariate level which did not exhibit multicollinearity in the final model (overall VIF = 1.78, Pearson chi-square p = .271).