Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of all HIV-positive women who inject drugs in the Russian HERMITAGE cohort stratified by history of sexual violence from police (n=228)
| Overall n=228 | Reported sexual violence from police n=55 | Did not report sexual violence from police n=173 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (SD) | 29.0 (5.4) | 29.0 (4.8) | 29.0 (5.6) | 0.99 |
| Education status beyond primary | 123 (53.9%) | 30 (54.5%) | 93 (53.8%) | 0.92 |
| Incarceration, lifetime | 65 (28.5%) | 15 (27.3%) | 50 (28.9%) | 0.82 |
| Injected drugs over 20 times in the past 30 days | 87 (38.2%) | 28 (50.9%) | 59 (34.1%) | 0.03 |
| Stigma score (mean)a | 24 (4.7) | 24 (4.9) | 24 (4.6) | 0.87 |
| Depressive symptoms (BDI-II) | 179 (78.5%) | 44 (80.0%) | 135 (78.0%) | 0.76 |
| Ever been on ART | 68 (29.8%) | 14 (25.5%) | 54 (31.2%) | 0.42 |
| >1 Year Since HIV Diagnosis | 180 (78.9%) | 47 (85.5%) | 133 (76.9%) | 0.17 |
| Risky alcohol use in the past 30 days | 175 (76.8%) | 42 (76.4%) | 133 (76.9%) | 0.94 |
| Selling Sex for drugs or money, lifetime | 40 (17.5%) | 18 (32.7%) | 22 (12.7%) | <0.01 |
| Victim of intimate partner violence, lifetime | 185 (81.1%) | 47 (85.5%) | 138 (79.8%) | 0.35 |
| Childhood sexual abuse | 33 (14.5%) | 9 (16.4%) | 24 (13.9%) | 0.65 |
| Overdose events, lifetime | 164 (71.9%) | 44 (80.0%) | 120 (69.4%) | 0.13 |
| Any suicide attempts, past 3 months | 13 (5.7%) | 3 (5.5%) | 10 (5.8%) | 0.93 |
| Mean number of unprotected sexual encounters in the past 30 days (SD) | 19.0 (37.7) | 18.7 (29.7) | 19.1 (40.0) | 0.93 |
a
Berger stigma scale; higher score means more stigma.