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Table 3.

Logistic Regression Models: Predictors of Health Service Utilization and Consultation with a Medical Professional at Three-Month and Six-Month Follow-Up Assessments

Dependent variable	Independent variable	AOR	95% CI
Health service utilization at 3MFU (n = 121)	Sex trading (BL)	0.50	0.17–1.46
	Consultation with a medical professional (BL)^a	2.70	1.22–5.98
	Number of poor physical health symptoms (BL)	0.95	0.82–1.09
	Alcohol abuse past 12 months (BL)	0.55	0.20–1.47
	Drug abuse past 12 months (BL)	1.24	0.48–3.20
	Financially supporting others (BL)^a	2.66	1.09–6.52
Health service utilization at 6MFU (n = 91)	Health service utilization (3MFU)^b	19.98	5.22–76.47
	Number of poor physical health symptoms (3MFU)	1.14	0.91–1.42
	Alcohol abuse past 12 months (3MFU)	0.42	0.13–1.37
	Drug abuse past 12 months (3MFU)^c	0.29	0.07–1.10
	Income (BL)	0.43	0.14–1.31
Consultation with a medical professional at 3MFU (n = 170)	Sex trading (BL)^b	3.42	1.39–8.39
	Consultation with a medical professional (BL)^a	2.19	1.14–4.19
	Number of poor physical health symptoms (BL)	1.02	0.88–1.19
	Number of STI symptoms (BL)	0.92	0.81–1.05
	Alcohol abuse past 12 months (BL)	1.17	0.53–2.60
	Drug abuse past 12 months (BL)	1.15	0.54–2.45
	Financially supporting others (BL)^a	1.47	0.70–3.09
Consultation with a medical professional at 6MFU (n = 114)	Consultation with a medical professional (3MFU)^b	5.51	2.22–13.64
	Number of poor physical health symptoms (3MFU)^c	0.78	0.60–1.01
	Number of STI symptoms (3MFU)	1.15	0.91–1.46
	Alcohol abuse past 12 months (3MFU)	0.65	0.26–1.66
	Drug abuse in past 12 months (3MFU)^c	0.32	0.10–1.02
	Income (BL)	0.81	0.35–1.88

^{^a}

p < 0.05.

^{^b}

p < 0.01.

^{^c}

p < 0.10.

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BL, Baseline; 3MFU, 3-month follow-up; 6MFU, 6-month follow-up.