Table 3.
Changes in HIV risk behaviors during the course of MMT treatment
| Risk behaviors |
Baseline |
6-month follow-up |
12-month follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 5305) | (n = 3123) | (n = 2061) | |
| Drug injection in the past 1 month |
|
|
|
| Yes |
4368(82.34) |
937(30.00) |
464(22.51) *** |
| No |
937(17.66) |
2186(70.00) |
1597(77.49) |
| Syringe sharing in the past 1 month |
|
|
|
| Yes |
988(18.62) |
154(4.93) |
83(4.03) *** |
| No |
4317(81.38) |
2969(95.07) |
1978(95.97) |
| Unprotected sex at last sexual encounter |
|
|
|
| Yes |
1782(56.88) |
1078(54.09) |
695(54.64) * |
| No |
1351(43.12) |
915(45.91) |
577(45.36) |
| Multiple sexual partners in the past 3 months |
|
|
|
| Yes |
401(9.35) |
213(6.83) |
118(9.30) *** |
| No | 3887(90.65) | 2905(93.17) | 1151(90.70) |
Main effect of time: *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.