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Table 3 Patients' Needs, Awareness and Receipt of Programs' HCV Education Services: Non-Injectors and Injectors

From: Drug treatment program patients' hepatitis C virus (HCV) education needs and their use of available HCV education services

 

Non-Injectors

(N = 121)

Injectors

(N = 159)

All Patients

(N = 280)

Needed HCV education when entered treatment (scale from 1 to 10) (mean, s.d.)

5.4 (3.5)

6.0 (3.5)

5.7 (3.5)

Received HCV education in a group formata (%)

38.7

29.6

33.6

- Aware that HCV education is available in group sessions (%)

62.3

54.1

57.7

- Of those aware of its availability, received HCV education in a group format (%)

62.1

54.8

58.3

Received HCV education in 1:1 sessions with staff (%)

26.4

33.3

30.4

- Aware that HCV education is available in 1:1 sessions (%)

47.1

52.8

50.4

- Of those aware of its availability, received HCV education in 1:1 sessions (%)

56.1

63.1

60.3

Received HCV information at the program through pamphlets/bookletsb (%)

34.6

41.1

37.9

- Aware that HCV information is available at the program in pamphlets/books (%)*

44.9

61.6

53.4

- Of those aware of its availability, received HCV information in pamphlets/books (%)

77.1

66.7

70.9

Received HCV education in some other way (e.g., videos) (%)

14.9

12.6

13.6

Received at least one form of HCV education at the program (%)

62.0

57.9

59.6

Unaware of availability of any HCV education resources at the program (%)

22.3

22.6

22.5

  1. aOf the 241 patients in the 6 MMTPs and 6 drug-free treatment programs at which HCV education in a group format was offered
  2. bOf the 219 patients in the 6 MMTPs and 5 drug-free treatment programs at which HCV education through pamphlets/books was offered
  3. * p < .05