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. 2012 Dec 12;7(12):e51569. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051569

Table 3. Multivariate GEE analysis of predictors for ongoing drug use during 9 month MMT in HIV+ drug users.

Reported Drug Use (+) Urine Heroin Test
AOR (95% CI) p AOR (95% CI) p
I. Individual
1.1. Demographic
Age 0.97 (0.94; 1.00) 0.06
Religion: - Buddhism 0.41 (0.13; 1.28) 0.13
Under High school education 1.30 (0.84;2.02) 0.24
Married 0.88 (0.36; 2.16) 0.78
Employment:
 Can't get a job 0.46 (0.19; 1.13) 0.09
1.2. Morbidity
Taking ART 1.43 (0.96; 2.13) 0.08 2.05 (1.36; 3.09) <0.001
Had health concerns 1.54 (1.01; 2.37) 0.05
1.3. History of drug use
Frequency of drug use (times/day) 1.62 (1.18; 2.23) <0.001
History of drug detoxification
Reason for drug relapsing:
 Induced by peers 1.32 (0.89; 1.98) 0.17 1.79 (1.16; 2.74) 0.01
 Desire, craving for drug 1.53 (0.99; 2.37) 0.06
II. Family
Have economic dependents 0.33 (0.12; 0.88) 0.03
Cohabitants:
 Parents 0.84 (0.53; 1.34) 0.46
 Husband or wife 0.86 (0.33; 2.22) 0.76
 Children 0.81 (0.41; 1.62) 0.56
 Relatives 0.65 (0.32; 1.33) 0.24
 Partners 2.00 (0.94; 4.25) 0.07
III. Interpersonal
Had injected partners 4.93 (0.66; 36.79) 0.12 2.94 (0.59; 14.59) 0.19
IV. Services access and utilization
4.1. Referral
VCT 0.97 (0.62; 1.52) 0.89
OI treatment 1.29 (0.69; 2.44) 0.43
TB treatment 0.53 (0.31; 0.91) 0.02 0.55 (0.30; 1.00) 0.05
Mental health care 0.91 (0.50; 1.65) 0.75 0.80 (0.45; 1.42) 0.45
Social integration services 0.99 (0.61; 1.62) 0.98
Peer-education 1.19 (0.71; 2.01) 0.51 0.77 (0.44; 1.34) 0.35
Social services (loan, housing) 0.59 (0.25; 1.43) 0.25 0.77 (0.35; 1.70) 0.51
Legal services 0.78 (0.29; 2.10) 0.63 0.77 (0.32; 1.84) 0.55
4.2. Utilization
TB treatment 3.11 (1.46; 6.60) <0.001
Peer-education 0.62 (0.26; 1.50) 0.29 0.61 (0.28; 1.35) 0.22