Reported Low Uptake of HCV Testing among People Who Inject Drugs in Urban Vietnam

Table 2

Health service and other factors associated with HCV testing uptake.

		Testing for HCV		Total	^a
		Yes	No
		(%)	(%)	(%)
Using medical services in the last 12 months	Yes	146 (89.02)	208 (60.29)	354 (69.55)	<0.001
	No	18 (10.98)	137 (39.71)	155 (30.45)
Ever delayed visiting health care facilities	Yes	64 (39.02)	181 (52.46)	245 (48.13)	0.005
	No	100 (60.98)	164 (47.54)	264 (51.87)
Being on methadone treatment	Yes	53 (32.32)	43 (12.57)	96 (18.97)	<0.001
	No	111 (67.68)	299 (87.43)	410 (81.03)
Currently on ART treatment	Yes	115 (74.68)	134 (40.73)	249 (51.55)	<0.001
	No	39 (25.32)	195 (59.27)	234 (48.45)
HCV knowledge score					<0.001
	≤5	90 (54.88)	233 (67.54)	323 (63.46)	0.006
	>5	74 (45.12)	112 (32.46)	186 (36.54)
Ever shared needles with others	Yes	112 (68.29)	187 (54.36)	299 (58.86)	0.003
	No	52 (31.71)	157 (45.64)	209 (41.14)
Ever reused others’ needles	Yes	97 (59.15)	233 (67.54)	330 (64.83)	0.064
	No	67 (40.85)	112 (32.46)	179 (35.17)

^aStatistical Chi-square differences and -test by HCV testing.