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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;21(7):752–767. doi: 10.1111/acem.12419

Table 5.

Relationship of beliefs, self-perception of risk opinions, and uptake of screening to study arm, ASSIST score, and HIV/HCV sexual risks

Opinion or Belief Question WHO recommendations*
Study Arm* β (95% CI) Total Drug Score* β (95% CI) Sex Risk Score* β (95% CI) No intervention Brief intervention β (95% CI) Intensive intervention β (95% CI)
Change in value of combined HIV/HCV screening
 Value for all 0.02 (−0.2 to 0.2) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.01 (−0.02 to 0.02) REF 0.13 (−0.11 to 0.19) 0.01 (−0.30 to 0.32)
 Value for me 0.01 (−0.2 to 0.2) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.01 (−0.02 to 0.03) REF −0.41 (−0.74 to −0.08) −0.29 (−0.72 to 0.13)
Change in self-perception of HIV/HCV risk
 HIV 0.07 (−0.08 to 0.2) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.01 (−0.01 to 0.03) REF −0.03 (−0.23 to 0.18) 0.08 (−0.19 to 0.36)
 HCV 0.14 (−0.01 to 0.3) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) −0.01 (−0.02 to 0.02) REF −0.01 (−0.23 to 0.20) 0.06 (−0.21 to 0.34)
Change in opinions regarding ED-based HIV/HCV screening
 ED is too stressful place for testing −0.01 (−0.23 to 0.23) 0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.02) REF −0.09 (−0.42 to −0.23) 0.11 (−0.31 to 0.52)
 ED is not a private enough place for testing 0.05 (−0.18 to 0.28) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) −0.01 (−0.04 to 0.01) REF −0.08 (−0.40 to 0.25) −0.20 (−0.61 to 0.22)
 Being tested in the ED delays medical care −0.05 (−0.27 to 0.18) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.01 (−0.02 to 0.04) REF 0.08 (−0.24 to 0.40) −0.13 (−0.54 to 0.27)
 Being tested in the ED takes too long −0.25 (−0.52 to 0.01) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.05 (0.02 to 0.08) REF −0.02 (−0.41 to 0.36) −0.25 (−0.73 to 0.23)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Uptake of HIV/HCV screening 1.08 (0.69 to 1.70) 1.01 (1.00 to 1.02) 1.05 (0.99 to 1.11) REF 1.76 (0.95 to 3.28) 2.29 (1.00 to 5.25)
*

Models adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity/race, years of formal education, health insurance status, partner status, employment status, usual source of medical care, HIV and HCV testing history, and study research assistant.

β = beta; Δ = difference; ASSIST = Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test; HCV = Hepatitis C virus; HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus; OR = odds ratio; REF = reference; WHO = World Health Organization