TABLE 2.
Selected baseline characteristics (n=34)
| Male sex | 20 (59.0) |
| Age, years | |
| Median | 42 |
| Range | 21–67 |
| Education, ≤13 years | 15 (44.1) |
| Income | |
| Ontario Works | 15 (43.3) |
| Ontario Disability Support Program | 12 (36.7) |
| Unstable housing | 9 (33.3) |
| Unemployment | 23 (85.7) |
| On probation/parole | 8 (26.7) |
| History of incarceration | 27 (90.0) |
| Age at first injection drug use, years, median (range) | 19 (13–37) |
| Injection drug use in past six months | 12 (41.0) |
| Methadone maintenance therapy | 19 (57.6) |
| Hepatitis C genotype | |
| 1 | 25 (73.5) |
| 2 or 3 | 9 (26.5) |
| History of treatment for depression | 21 (75.0) |
| History of treatment for anxiety | 18 (62.1) |
| History of suicide attempt(s) | 15 (50.0) |
| Taking nonpsychotropic drugs | 12 (41.4) |
| Taking psychotropic drugs | 26 (76.5) |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated