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. 2022 Dec 15;19:142. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00720-7

Table 5.

Psychosocial factors impacting the likelihood of using FTS among SSP clients in southern Wisconsin

Factor Mean (SD)
Your counselor or doctor recommended them? 2.0 (1.2)
The SSP staff recommended them? 2.3 (1.2)
Your supplier recommended them? 2.1 (1.4)
Your friends recommended them? 2.2 (1.2)
Someone showed you how to use them? 2.1 (1.3)
You had a safe or private place to use them? 2.3 (1.3)
You didn’t have to waste drugs to use them? 2.7 (1.3)

How much more likely would you be to use fentanyl test strips if… (0–4: not at all likely, a little more likely, somewhat more likely, quite a bit more likely, a great deal more likely)

Key Likert questions were mapped from 0 to 4 and described by the mean (SD)

FTS fentanyl test strip, SSP syringe service program, SD standard deviation