Research Article
Portraying Persons Who Inject Drugs Recently Infected with Hepatitis C Accessing Antiviral Treatment: A Cluster Analysis
Table 2
Participants typology (cluster analysis;
).
| | | Class 1
(23.3%) | Class 2
(25.0%) | Class 3
(18.3%) | Class 4
(33.3%) | Combined
(100.0%) |
| | Predisposing factors | | | | | | | Age categories (%) | | | | | | | <30 years old | 11 (78.6) | 13 (86.7) | 4 (36.4) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (46.7) | | 30–39 years old | 3 (21.4) | 2 (13.3) | 7 (63.6) | 3 (15.0) | 15 (25.0) | | 40 years old and over | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (85.0) | 17 (28.3) | | Gender (%) | | | | | | | Females | 12 (85.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (15.0) | 15 (25.0) | | Males | 2 (14.3) | 15 (100.0) | 11 (100.0) | 17 (85.0) | 45 (75.0) | | Education (%) | | | | | | | Elementary/secondary | 13 (92.9) | 12 (80.0) | 6 (54.5) | 13 (65.0) | 44 (73.3) | | College or over | 1 (7.1) | 3 (20.0) | 5 (45.5) | 7 (35.0) | 16 (26.7) | | Enabling factor | | | | | | | Housing (%) | | | | | | | Stable housing (home, apartment, room) | 9 (64.3) | 9 (60.0) | 5 (45.5) | 2 (10.0) | 25 (41.7) | | Temporary housing (therapy, prison, shelter) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (80.0) | 22 (36.7) | | Homeless | 1 (7.1) | 4 (26.7) | 6 (54.5) | 2 (10.0) | 13 (21.7) | | Need factors | | | | | | | IV cocaine consumption (%) | 9 (64.3) | 15 (100.0) | 11 (100.0) | 18 (90.0) | 53 (88.3) | | IV heroine consumption (%) | 9 (64.3) | 15 (100.0) | 2 (18.2) | 3 (15.0) | 29 (48.3) | | Alcohol consumption (%) | 8 (57.1) | 13 (86.7) | 4 (36.4) | 11 (55.0) | 36 (60.0) | | Quality of life (SF-36) (mean (SD) | | | | | | | PCS mean (SD) | 45.7 (6.9) | 46.4 (9.4) | 46.7 (9.1) | 46.8 (13.4) | 46.4 (10.2) | | MCS mean (SD) | 25.3 (12.1) | 37.0 (14.8) | 37.5 (8.1) | 35.7 (15.3) | 33.9 (13.9) | | Health service utilization | | | | | | | Methadone program (%) | 5 (35.7) | 8 (53.3) | 3 (27.3) | 4 (20.0) | 20 (33.3) | | Hepatitis B vaccine (%) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (50.0) | 17 (28.3) | | Followed up by a family physician (%) | 5 (35.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (25.0) | 11 (18.3) | | Having initiated treatment (%) | 2 (14.3) | 8 (53.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (55.0) | 21 (35.0) |
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