TABLE 1.
Description of Population for all Participants and by Current Wound Status
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All participants (N=152)
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Current Abscess (N=27)
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Current Chronic Wounds (N=30)
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| Description | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| Demographics | |||
| Age* | 45; (35–52) | 44; (35–50) | 45.5; (42–57) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 96 (63.2) | 12 (44.4) | 17 (56.7) |
| Female | 56 (36.8) | 15 (55.6) | 13 (43.3) |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 75 (49.3) | 17 (63.0) | 12 (40.0) |
| African American | 68 (44.7) | 8 (29.6) | 15 (50.0) |
| Native American | 4 (2.6) | 2 (7.4) | 3 (10.0) |
| Other or Multiple† | 5 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Housing‡ | |||
| Stable housing | 113 (74.3) | 21 (77.8) | 25 (83.3) |
| Unstable housing | 39 (25.7) | 6 (22.2) | 5 (16.7) |
| Injection Practices | |||
| Years injecting drugs | |||
| ≤ 2 | 15 (9.9) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (3.3) |
| 3–8 | 25 (16.4) | 6 (22.2) | 2 (6.7) |
| 9–14 | 20 (13.2) | 6 (22.2) | 3 (10.0) |
| ≥ 15 | 92 (60.5) | 12 (44.4) | 24 (80.0) |
| Heroin | |||
| Never | 7 (4.6) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (13.3) |
| Sometimes | 24 (15.8) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (13.3) |
| Every day | 121 (79.6) | 25 (92.6) | 22 (73.3) |
| Cocaine | |||
| Never | 53 (34.9) | 9 (33.3) | 11 (36.7) |
| Sometimes | 45 (29.6) | 5 (18.5) | 7 (23.3) |
| Every day | 54 (35.5) | 13 (48.1) | 12 (40.0) |
| Speedball | |||
| Never | 49 (32.2) | 8 (29.6) | 9 (30.0) |
| Sometimes | 54 (35.5) | 8 (29.6) | 9 (30.0) |
| Every day | 49 (32.2) | 11 (40.7) | 12 (40.0) |
| Skin-popping (N=151) | 17 (11.3) | 8 (29.6) | 6 (20.0) |
| Use of Filters | 147 (96.7) | 26 (96.3) | 27 (90.0) |
| With whom do you inject? | |||
| Alone | 77 (50.7) | 9 (33.3) | 16 (53.3) |
| Friends | 39 (25.7) | 6 (22.2) | 9 (30.0) |
| Family member or partner | 33 (21.7) | 11 (40.7) | 4 (13.3) |
| Other | 3 (2.0) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (3.3) |
| Most frequent method of cleaning injection site before injecting | |||
| Do not clean | 35 (23.0) | 7 (25.9) | 10 (33.3) |
| Water | 12 (7.9) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (3.3) |
| Soap/water | 14 (9.2) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (3.3) |
| Alcohol | 83 (54.6) | 13 (48.1) | 16 (53.3) |
| Other§ | 8 (5.3) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (3.3) |
*
Median; (Interquartile range).
†
Hispanic, Asian, multiple.
‡
Unstable includes living in shelter, on the streets, in an abandoned unit, no set place, or multiple. Stable housing includes living in an owned/rented house, subsidized housing, with a friend, other (e.g. transitional house).
§
Including bleach, saliva, baby wipe, multiple agents.