Table 2.
Bivariate associations between syndemic factors among FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (N=295).
| Hazardous alcohol consumption (past year) OR (95% CI) |
Polydrug use (past month) OR (95% CI) |
Depression OR (95% CI) |
Lifetime client perpetrated violence OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous alcohol consumption (past year)a | - | - | - | - |
| Polydrug use (past month)b | 1.38 (0.83, 2.28) | - | - | - |
| Depressionc | 1.62 (1.00, 2.62) | 2.75 (1.63, 4.62) | - | - |
| Lifetime client perpetrated violenced | 1.67 (1.04, 2.69) | 2.18 (1.30, 3.65) | 2.07 (1.26, 3.38) | - |
| Tested STI-positivee | 1.33 (0.74, 2.37) | 1.64 (0.89, 3.03) | 2.97 (1.64, 5.39) | 1.07 (0.59, 1.95) |
Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; FSW=female sex worker; OR=odds ratio; STI=sexually transmitted infection.
a
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test score ≥8.
b
Use of ≥2 illicit drugs (heroin; methamphetamine; cocaine; inhalants; ecstasy; tranquilizers; barbiturates; cocaine and heroin together; methamphetamine and heroin together) in the past month.
c
Moderate or severe depression defined as a score ≥20 on the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II).
d
Lifetime experience of physical abuse or sexual violence perpetrated by a client.
e
Tested positive for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or active syphilis.