Table 1.

Factors associated with willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada (n = 732)

	Willingness to access an in-hospital SIF
Characteristic	Yes n (%) n = 499	No n (%) n = 233	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p - value
Age
median	48	48	0.98 (0.97 – 1.00)	0.085
IQR	(41 – 53)	(42 – 54)
Gender
male	331 (66.3)	151 (64.8)	1.07 (0.77 – 1.48)	0.685
female	168 (33.7)	82 (35.2)
HIV serostatus
positive	203 (40.7)	104 (44.6)	0.85 (0.62 – 1.16)	0.313
negative	296 (59.3)	129 (55.4)
Heroin injection*
≥ daily	106 (21.2)	26 (11.2)	2.15 (1.35 – 3.40)	<0.001
< daily	393 (78.8)	207 (88.8)
Cocaine injection*
≥ daily	46 (9.2)	19 (8.2)	1.14 (0.65 – 2.00)	0.637
< daily	453 (90.8)	214 (91.8)
Crystal methamphetamine injection*
≥ daily	46 (9.2)	16 (6.9)	1.38 (0.76 – 2.49)	0.287
< daily	453 (90.8)	217 (93.1)
Prescription opioid injection*
≥ daily	34 (6.8)	9 (3.9)	1.82 (0.86 – 3.86)	0.114
< daily	465 (93.2)	224 (96.1)
Binge drug use*
yes	141 (28.3)	61 (26.2)	1.11 (0.78 – 1.58)	0.558
no	358 (71.7)	172 (73.8)
Ever left hospital AMA
yes	21 (4.2)	2 (0.9)	5.07 (1.18 – 21.83)	0.012
no	478 (95.8)	231 (99.1)
Ever used illicit drugs in hospital
yes	238 (47.7)	83 (35.6)	1.65 (1.20 – 2.27)	0.002
no	261 (52.3)	150 (64.4)
Ever had negative experiences with healthcare providers
yes	131 (26.3)	64 (27.5)	0.94 (0.66 – 1.33)	0.729
no	368 (73.7)	169 (72.5)
Ever had negative experiences with police
yes	383 (76.8)	169 (72.5)	1.25 (0.88 – 1.78)	0.217
no	116 (23.2)	64 (27.5)
Used a SIF*
yes	228 (45.7)	77 (33.0)	1.70 (1.23 – 2.36)	0.001
no	271 (54.3)	156 (67.0)

SIF: supervised injection facility; CI: confidence interval; IQR: interquartile range; AMA: against medical advice

^*Activities reported in the six months prior to interview