Table 3.
Associations between sample characteristics and mutually exclusive categories of boredom and depression among injection drug users in the STEP study (n=842)
| High Boredom only (n=42) |
High Depressive Symptoms only (n=302) |
High Boredom/ High Depressive Symptoms (n=239) |
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| Odds Ratio (95% C.I.) |
Adj. Odds Ratioa (95% C.I.) |
Odds Ratio (95% C.I.) |
Adj. Odds Ratioa (95% C.I.) |
Odds ratio (95% C.I.) |
Adj. Odds Ratioa (95% C.I.) |
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| Socio-demographics | ||||||
| Age > 43 years | 0.47 (0.24, 0.89) | 1.01 (0.73, 1.40) | 0.64 (0.45, 0.91) | |||
| Female gender | 0.59 (0.26, 1.32) | 1.78 (1.24, 2.56) | 1.74 (1.18, 2.55) | |||
| African-American | 0.67 (0.43, 1.04) | 1.00 (0.70, 1.44) | 0.68 (0.50, 0.93) | |||
| Education > 12 years | 0.91 (0.45, 1.82) | 0.55 (0.39, 0.77) | 0.74 (0.52, 1.05) | |||
| Daily injection | 1.29 (0.71, 2.38) | 1.18 (0.85, 1.63) | 1.46 (1.04, 2.06) | |||
| Crack use | 1.28 (0.62, 2.63) | 1.49 (1.06, 2.09) | 1.90 (1.31, 2.76) | |||
| Main partner | 0.41 (0.22, 0.76) | 0.91 (0.64, 1.28) | 0.61 (0.43, 0.86) | |||
| Homelessness | 1.28 (0.65, 2.52) | 1.70 (1.20, 2.41) | 2.62 (1.75, 3.89) | |||
| Incarceration | 2.24 (1.11, 4.52) | 1.71 (1.16, 2.53) | 2.14 (1.42, 3.21) | |||
| Employed at least part-time | 1.10 (0.54, 2.23) | 0.58 (0.38, 0.87) | 0.29 (0.17, 0.48) | |||
| HIV-related risk behaviors | ||||||
| Used needle after someone | 0.63 (0.31, 1.30) | 0.49 (0.22, 1.08) | 1.57 (1.12, 2.19) | 1.35 (0.94, 1.93) | 2.38 (1.66, 3.41) | 1.76 (1.20, 2.59) |
| Used needle, unknown clean | 0.88 (0.39, 1.81) | 0.65 (0.30, 1.38) | 1.65 (1.18, 2.31) | 1.45 (1.00, 2.06) | 2.79 (1.92, 4.05) | 2.15 (1.43, 3.23) |
| Used rinse water | 0.98 (0.51, 1.89) | 0.73 (0.36, 1.47) | 1.55 (1.12, 2.15) | 1.34 (0.94 1.90) | 1.87 (1.32, 2.67) | 1.37 (0.93, 2.01) |
| Used cotton | 0.74 (0.38, 1.45) | 0.60 (0.29, 1.21) | 1.50 (1.08, 2.08) | 1.32 (0.93 1.88) | 2.25 (1.57, 3.26) | 1.75 (1.19, 2.59) |
| Used cooker | 0.98 (0.50, 1.91) | 0.74 (0.35, 1.55) | 1.51 (1.08, 2.13) | 1.34 (0.93, 1.93) | 2.30 (1.57, 3.37) | 1.77 (1.18, 2.65) |
| Used cooker, cotton, water | 1.54 (0.75, 3.14) | 1.17 (0.53. 2.57) | 1.54 (1.07, 2.20) | 1.28 (0.87, 1.88) | 2.17 (1.47, 3.20) | 1.55 (1.02, 2.35) |
| Multiple partners | 1.82 (0.96, 3.45) | 1.72 (0.87, 3.39) | 1.82 (0.90, 1.81) | 1.19 (0.82, 1.74) | 1.67 (1.16, 2.32) | 1.37 (0.92, 2.04) |
| Exchange sex | 1.08 (0.34, 3.37) | 1.16 (0.35, 3.79) | 2.26 (1.33, 3.84) | 1.83 (1.02, 3.26) | 4.02 (2.39, 6.76) | 3.22 (1.83, 5.64) |
Note: Reference group for all models is Low Boredom/Low Depressive Symptoms
Bold indicates p<0.05
a
Table shows results of separate models for each behavior. All models adjusted for all listed socio-demographic variables.