Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Participants, Stratified by Receipt of Opioid Agonist Treatments (N = 520)
| On OAT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Total Sample (N = 520), N (%) | Yes (N = 184), N (%) | No (N = 336), N (%) | P |
| Mean age, yr (SD) | 38 (6.96) | 38 (6.86) | 39 (7.02) | 0.940 |
| Mean monthly income UAH (SD) | 1500 (2001) | 1535 (2186) | 1500 (1895) | 0.750 |
| Mean years from injection initiation (SD) | 20 (7.9) | 21 (6.9) | 20 (8.3) | 0.186 |
| Mean number of injection days within past 30 d (SD) | 15 (15.3) | 0 (6.7) | 28 (9.9) | <0.001* |
| Female | 151 (29) | 46 (25) | 105 (31.3) | 0.157 |
| Education | ||||
| Incomplete secondary | 112 (21.5) | 28 (15.2) | 84 (25) | 0.032† |
| Completed secondary | 136 (26.2) | 52 (28.3) | 84 (25) | |
| Postsecondary education | 272 (52.3) | 104 (56.5) | 168 (50) | |
| In relationships | 194 (37.3) | 72 (39.1) | 122 (36.3) | 0.570 |
| Housing | ||||
| Own place | 166 (31.9) | 59 (32) | 107 (31.9) | 0.369 |
| Friends’ or family’s place | 334 (64.2) | 121 (65.8) | 213 (63.4) | |
| Unstable housing | 20 (3.9) | 4 (2.2) | 16 (4.7) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time | 66 (12.7) | 26 (14.1) | 40 (11.9) | 0.831 |
| Part-time | 140 (26.9) | 48 (26.1) | 92 (27.4) | |
| Seasonal | 91 (17.5) | 34 (18.5) | 57 (16.9) | |
| Unemployed | 223 (42.9) | 76 (41.3) | 147 (43.8) | |
| City | ||||
| Kyiv | 100 (19.2) | 59 (32) | 41 (12.2) | <0.001* |
| Mykolaiv | 98 (16.4) | 36 (19.6) | 62 (18.5) | |
| Odesa | 85 (18.9) | 17 (9.2) | 68 (20.2) | |
| Dnipro | 174 (33.5) | 54 (29.4) | 120 (35.7) | |
| Lviv | 63 (12.1) | 18 (9.8) | 45 (13.4) | |
| Moderate to severe depression | 350 (67.3) | 109 (59.2) | 241 (71.7) | 0.005‡ |
| Alcohol use disorders | 206 (39.6) | 49 (26.6) | 157 (46.7) | <0.001* |
| Addiction severity (substantial to severe) | 483 (92.9) | 163 (88.6) | 320 (95.2) | 0.007‡ |
*
P < 0.01.
†
P < 0.05.
‡
P < 0.1.