Table 1.
Take-home naloxone prescriptions and carriage by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scotland; 2011–12 and 2013-14.
| Needle-Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) | Have you been prescribed take-home naloxone in the past year? | Between eraa% difference, p-Value (95% CI) | Are you carrying any take-home naloxone with you today? | Between eraa% difference, p-Value (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NESI surveillance era | 2011-12 | 2013-14 | 2011–12 | 2013–14 | ||
| Overall (%) | 175/2146 (8) | 745/2331 (32) | 24, <0.001 (22, 26) | 27/169 (16) | 39/741 (5) | −11, <0.001 (−17, −6) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male (%) | 125/1554 (8) | 505/1613 (31) | 23, <0.001 (21, 26) | 18/122 (15) | 26/502 (5) | −10, <0.001 (−17, −4) |
| Female (%) | 50/589 (8) | 238/705 (34) | 26, <0.001 (21, 29) | 9/47 (19) | 13/237(5) | −14, <0.001 (−27, −4) |
| Age-group | ||||||
| ≤35 years (%) | 102/1065 (10) | 357/993 (36) | 26, <0.001 (23, 30) | 13/97 (13) | 16/355 (5) | −8, <0.001 (−17, −3) |
| >35 years (%) | 73/1078 (7) | 388/1337 (29) | 22, 0.001 (19, 25) | 14/72 (19) | 23/386 (6) | −13, <0.001 (−24, −6) |
| Homeless in the last 6 months | ||||||
| Yes (%) | 52/460 (11) | 241/580 (42) | 31, <0.001 (25, 35) | 5/49 (10) | 18/241 (7) | −3, <0.03 (−15, 4) |
| No (%) | 75/1003 (7) | 349/1132 (31) | 23, <0.001 (20, 26) | 11/74 (15) | 14/345 (1) | −14, <0.001 (−23, −7) |
| Injecting status | ||||||
| Recent (%) | 153/1797 (9) | 663/1930 (34) | 25, <0.001 (23, 28) | 22/147 (15) | 38/660 (6) | −9, <0.001 (−16, −4) |
| Ever (%) | 22/349 (6) | 82/401 (20) | 14, <0.001 (9, 19) | 5/22 (23) | 1/81 (1) | −21, <0.001 (−42, −8) |
| Frequency of injecting | ||||||
| Daily or more (%) | 84/885 (9) | 352/878 (40) | 31, <0.001 (27, 34) | 12/81 (15) | 25/350 (7) | −8, <0.001 (−17, −1) |
| Less than daily (%) | 91/1261 (7) | 391/1450 (27) | 20, <0.001 (17, 22) | 15/88 (17) | 14/389 (4) | −13, <0.001 (−23, −7) |
a
Chi-square test of association.
NB: not all sub-group totals add up to overall number due to missing data.