Table 3.
Univariate analysis of factors associated with GPs’ answers (N = 62)
| Age (Spearman’s rho) |
Sex F = 29 M = 32 (MW) |
District of exercise (KW) |
Experience in addiction medicine Yes N = 24 No N = 36 (MW) |
Years of practice of addiction medicine (Spearman’s rho) |
Prescription of OST Yes N = 19 No N = 43 (MW) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care access of PWUD |
r = 0.119 p = 0.373 |
U = 462 p = 0.976 |
KW = 0.902 p = 0.825 |
U = 390 p = 0.512 |
r = 0.102 p = 0.438 |
U = 326 p = 0.242 |
| Frequency of drug use |
r = 0.027 p = 0.840 |
U = 412 p = 0.419 |
KW = 3.333 p = 0.343 |
U = 358 p = 0.055 |
r = − 0.204 p = 0.117 |
Yes − 0.26 (±0.73) No 0.64 (±1.35) U = 233 p = .006 |
| Risk of drug-related infection |
r = 0.185 p = 0.165 |
U = 383 p = 0.221 |
KW = 0.096 p = 0.992 |
U = 362 p = 0.244 |
r = − 0.102 p = 0.439 |
U = 337 p = 0.313 |
| Death by overdose |
r = 0.130 p = 0.329 |
U = 337 p = 0.060 |
KW = 3.087 p = 0.378 |
U = 362 p = 0.281 |
r = − 0.124 p = 0.345 |
U = 347 p = 0.406 |
| Social disadvantages of the PWUD |
r = 0.010 p = 0.938 |
U = 378 p = 0.191 |
KW = 6.604 p = 0.086 |
Yes − 0.79 (± 1.10)
No − 0.17 (± 1.10) U = 284 p = 0.019 |
r = − 0.333 p = 0.009 |
Yes − 0.79 (± 1.18)
No − 0.19 (± 1.08) U = 267 p = 0.030 |
| Sharing of used consumption devices |
r = 0.069 p = 0.606 |
U = 357 p = 0.107 |
KW = 4.038 p = 0.257 |
U = 408 p = 0.707 |
r = − 0.038 p = 0.774 |
U = 373 p = 0.679 |
| Amount of new PWUD |
r = − 0.046 p = 0.736 |
U = 425 p = 0.661 |
KW = 0.353 p = 0.950 |
U = 342 p = 0.146 |
r = − 0.176 p = 0.182 |
U = 299 P = 0.081 |
| Number of arrests for drug use | r = − 0.102 p = 0.453 |
U = 426 p = 0.903 |
KW = 4.801 p = 0.187 |
U = 313 p = 0.149 |
r = 0.214 p = 0.107 |
U = 340 p = 0.767 |
| Quietness of the neighborhood |
r = 0.231 p = 0.083 |
U = 388 p = 0.357 |
KW = 3.830 p = 0.280 |
U = 367 p = 0.408 |
r = 0.135 p = 0.308 |
U = 314 p = 0.220 |
| Amount of drug consumption devices abandoned in public |
r = − 0.097 p = 0.471 |
U = 361 p = 0.185 |
KW = 1.388 p = 0.708 |
U = 355 p = 0.348 |
r = 0.137 p = 0.300 |
U = 339 p = 0.521 |
| Deal in the neighborhood |
r = 0.229 p = 0.084 |
U = 452 p = 0.863 |
KW = 0.178 p = 0.981 |
U = 359 p = 0.257 |
r = 0.093 p = 0.481 |
U = 351 p = 0.438 |
| Drug use in public |
r = 0.150 p = 0.265 |
U = 378 p = 0.199 |
KW = 1.788 p = 0.618 |
U = 406 p = 0.692 |
r = − 0.038 p = 0.773 |
U = 356 p = 0.495 |
| Violence in the neighborhood |
r = − 0.170 p = 0.203 |
U = 379 p = 0.275 |
KW = 1.810 p = 0.613 |
U = 371 p = 0.429 |
r = − 0.127 p = 0.336 |
U = 372 p = 0.777 |
| Global health and quality of life of the PWUD |
r = 0.011 p = 0.935 |
U = 384 p = 0.193 |
KW = 6.589 p = 0.086 |
Yes 1.29 (± 0.80)
No 0.58 (± 1.13) U = 259 p = 0.004 |
r = 0.298
p = 0.021 |
Yes 1.42 (± 0.69)
No 0.62 (± 1.10) U = 221 p = 0.002 |
GP general practitioner, OST opioid substitution treatment prescription, MW Mann-Whitney’s U test, r Spearman’s correlation test, P statistical significance
Italic prints: p < 0.05