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. 2018 Oct 25;15:53. doi: 10.1186/s12954-018-0260-8

Table 5.

Mean expectation scores depending on the workplace in the group of other health professionals (N = 82)

(Mean of the answers and CI 95%) Harm reduction professionals
N = 45
ER doctors
N = 5
Pharmacists
N = 30
Health care access of PWUD 1.62
[1.40; 1.85]
1.40
[0.72; 2.08]
0.40
[−0.24; 1.04]
KW = 11.70
p = 0.003
Frequency of drug use − 0.33
[− 0.68; 0.01]
0.20
[− 0.36; 0.76]
0.76
[0.31; 1.21]
KW = 11.62
p = 0.003
Risk of drug-related infection − 2.16
[− 2.49; − 1.82]
− 2.00
[− 2.88; − 1.12]
− 1.70
[− 2.22; − 1.18]
KW = 2.33
p = 0.312
Death by overdose − 1.73
[− 2.04; − 1.41]
− 1.00
[− 1.88; − 0.12]
− 1.30
[− 1.64; −.96]
KW = 6.82
p = 0.033
Social disadvantages of the PWUD − 0.98
[− 1.74; − 1.30]
− 0.80
[− 1.84; 0.24]
− 0.20
[− 0.56; 0.16]
KW = 10.74
p = 0.005
Sharing of used consumption devices − 1.73
[− 2.24; − 1.23]
− 2.00
[− 3.24; − 0.76]
− 2.03
[− 2.51; − 1.56]
KW = 0.37
p = 0.830
Amount of new PWUD 0.02
[− 0.28; 0.33]
0.40
[−  0.71; 1.51]
0.27
[0.03; 0.51]
KW = 5.30
p = 0.070
Number of arrests for drug use − 0.18
[− 0.53; 0.17]
0.00
[− 0.39; 0.39]
− 0.18
[− 0.53; 0.17]
KW = 1.04
p = 0.594
Quietness of the neighborhood 0.42
[− 0.01; 0.85]
− 1.20
[− 3.24; 0.84]
−1.23
[− 1.77; − 0.70]
KW = 20.091
p < 0.001
Amount of drug consumption devices abandoned in public − 1.84
[− 2.19; − 1.50]
− 1.20
[− 1.76; − 0.64]
− 1.27
[− 1.79;− 0.74]
KW = 6.33
p = 0.042
Deal in the neighborhood − 0.16
[−0.52; 0.21]
1.00
[− 0.24; 2.24]
0.33
[− 0.15; 0.82]
KW = 5.62
p = 0.060
Drug consumption in the public space − 1.77
[− 2.09; − 1.45]
− 1.20
[− 1.76; − 0.64]
− 0.87
[− 1.30; − 0.43]
KW = 12.603
p = 0.002
Violence in the neighborhood − 0.86
[− 1.20; − 0.53]
0.80
[− 0.24; 1.84]
0.20
[− 0.21; 0.61]
KW = 20.51
p < 0.001
Global health and quality of life of the PWUD 1.42
[1.17; 1.67]
1.00
[0.66; 1.34]
1.00
[1.00; 1.00]
KW = 6.12
p = 0.047

PWUD persons who use drugs, ER emergency room, GP general practitioners, KW Kruskall-Wallis test

Italic prints: p < 0.05