Injecting Drug Users and Their Health Seeking Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Distribution of respondents by knowledge about diseases spread by drug use (<svg height="8.91176pt" id="M14" style="vertical-align:-0.2130003pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.69876 42.0615 8.91176" width="42.0615pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M495 86L479 114C446 82 419 66 409 66C401 66 401 72 406 97C420 166 436 231 453 297C489 435 454 448 428 448C406 448 384 439 354 422C305 394 222 327 161 247H159L183 345C200 415 194 448 173 448C143 448 82 410 23 351L38 325C64 349 95 371 105 371C111 371 116 365 109 336L25 -4L31 -12C50 -4 77 3 107 9C119 69 132 122 145 168C197 254 321 381 370 381C387 381 393 374 378 305L329 95C309 17 320 -12 345 -12C372 -12 430 19 495 86Z" id="g113-111"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="502" vert-adv-y="502"></glyph.data></g><g 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448 384 439 354 422C305 394 222 327 161 247H159L183 345C200 415 194 448 173 448C143 448 82 410 23 351L38 325C64 349 95 371 105 371C111 371 116 365 109 336L25 -4L31 -12C50 -4 77 3 107 9C119 69 132 122 145 168C197 254 321 381 370 381C387 381 393 374 378 305L329 95C309 17 320 -12 345 -12C372 -12 430 19 495 86Z" id="g113-111"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="502" vert-adv-y="502"></glyph.data></g></svg>)</td><td align="center">Percentage (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Knowledge about diseases spread</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Yes</td><td align="center">48</td><td align="center">24.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">No </td><td align="center">72</td><td align="center">60.0</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Diseases spread</td></tr><tr><td align="left">HIV/AIDS</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">17.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Syphilis</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">6.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hepatitis B/C</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">5.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Other blood-borne diseases</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Don’t know</td><td align="center">81</td><td align="center">67.5</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Ever heard of (multiple answers possible)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">HIV/AIDS</td><td align="center">68</td><td align="center">56.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Syphilis</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">17.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hepatitis B/C</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">37.5</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Knowledge about protection</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Not injecting any more drugs</td><td align="center">35</td><td align="center">29.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cleaning syringe/needle with water</td><td align="center">41</td><td align="center">34.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Using condoms</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">10.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Taking medicines</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">5.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">No need</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Don't know</td><td align="center">23</td><td align="center">19.2</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Consequences of drug use (multiple answers possible)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Affecting my health</td><td align="center">103</td><td align="center">85.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Affecting my job/education</td><td align="center">87</td><td align="center">72.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Affecting family relationships </td><td align="center">96</td><td align="center">80.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Affecting socially</td><td align="center">65</td><td align="center">54.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Others</td><td align="center">51</td><td align="center">42.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

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