Table II.
Univariate individual attribute correlates of disclosure of being HCV- and HIV-infected.
| Characteristic | Hungary HCV disclosure Dyad n = 94 |
Lithuania – non-Russian HCV disclosure Dyad n = 518 |
Lithuania – Russian HCV disclosure Dyad n = 616 |
Lithuania HIV disclosure Dyad n = 138 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not disclose | Disclosed | Did not disclose | Disclosed | Did not disclose | Disclosed | Did not disclose | Disclosed | |
| Total | 16 (17.0) | 78 (83.0) | 104 (20.1) | 414 (79.9) | 124 (20.1) | 492 (79.9) | 92 (66.7) | 46 (33.3) |
| Individual characteristics | ||||||||
| Female gender | ||||||||
| No | 15 (22.1) | 53 (77.9) | 82 (19.0) | 349 (81.0) | 83 (17.5) | 390 (82.5) | 63 (60.6) | 41 (39.4) |
| Yes | 1 (3.8) | 25 (96.2) | 22 (25.3) | 65 (74.7) | 41 (28.7) | 102 (71.3) | 29 (85.3) | 5 (14.7) |
| Age y, mean (SD) | 30.4 (3.9) | 29.9 (4.7) | 30.0 (7.7) | 32.1 (7.2) | 27.6 (6.2) | 30.0 (7.0) | 32.3 (6.1) | 32.4 (5.3) |
| Roma ethnicity | ||||||||
| No | 12 (15.4) | 66 (84.6) | 102 (20.6) | 394 (79.4) | 124 (20.4) | 484 (79.6) | 87 (67.4) | 42 (32.6) |
| Yes | 4 (25.0) | 12 (75.0) | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) |
| Russian ethnicity | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| No | 47 (88.7) | 6 (11.3) | ||||||
| Yes | 45 (52.9) | 40 (47.1) a | ||||||
| Polish ethnicity | N/A | |||||||
| No | 79 (19.1) | 335 (80.9) | 107 (21.6) | 389 (78.4) | 76 (65.5) | 40 (34.5) | ||
| Yes | 25 (24.0) | 79 (76.0) | 17 (14.2) | 103 (85.8) | 16 (72.7) | 6 (27.3) | ||
| At least high school education | ||||||||
| No | 16 (20.5) | 62 (79.5) | 79 (17.8) | 366 (82.2) | 114 (20.3) | 447 (79.7) | 89 (69.5) | 39 (30.5) |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 16 (100) | 25 (34.2) | 48 (65.8) | 10 (18.2) | 45 (81.8) | 3 (30.0) | 7 (70.0) a |
| Y since first injecting, mean (SD) | 12.6 (5.3) | 10.5 (4.9) | 7.4 (7.6) | 12.5 (6.5) a | 9.0 (6.4) | 10.5 (5.7) | 14.4 (6.2) | 14.2 (7.4) |
| Heroin dependence score, mean (SD) | 7.3 (2.9) | 7.1 (4.4) | 6.6 (5.5) | 10.9 (4.0) a | 7.5 (4.8) | 10.1 (4.0) a | 12.1 (2.5) | 9.5 (3.5) |
| Y since diagnosed with HCV, mean (SD) | 5.7 (2.9) | 4.8 (3.5) | 3.4 (2.8) | 4.2 (2.9) | 3.8 (2.8) | 4.6 (2.8) | 6.3 (2.6) | 5.7 (3.7) |
| Self-reported HIV infection | N/A | |||||||
| No | 0 | 0 | 100 (21.5) | 365 (78.5) | 120 (22.4) | 415 (77.6) | ||
| Yes | 0 | 0 | 4 (7.5) | 49 (92.5) | 4 (4.9) | 77 (95.1) a | ||
| Y since diagnosed with HIV, mean (SD) | N/A | 5.6 (0.2) | 5.8 (1.4) | 6.8 (2.1) | 5.3 (3.0) | 5.4 (2.5) | 5.5 (2.6) | |
| Attitude – HIV has to be disclosed to all injecting and sex partners | ||||||||
| No | 0 | 0 | 9 (15.3) | 50 (84.7) | 19 (21.6) | 69 (78.4) | 50 (63.3) | 29 (36.7) |
| Yes | 16 (17.0) | 78 (83.0) | 95 (20.7) | 364 (79.9) | 105 (19.9) | 423 (80.1) | 72 (71.2) | 17 (28.8) |
| Attitude – HCV has to be disclosed to all injecting and sex partners | ||||||||
| No | 0 | 0 | 12 (23.5) | 39 (76.5) | 43 (38.0) | 70 (62.0) | 6 (23.1) | 20 (76.9) |
| Yes | 16 (17.0) | 78 (83.0) | 92 (19.7) | 375 (80.3) | 81 (16.1) | 422 (83.9) a | 86 (76.8) | 26 (23.2) a |
| HIV and HCV knowledge score, mean (SD) | 3.9 (1.2) | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.7 (0.6) | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.7 (0.7) | 4.8 (0.5) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.9 (0.3) |
SD, standard deviation; N/A, not applicable; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. Percentages are row percentages.
a
p < 0.05.