Table 1.
Characteristic of persons living with HIV and who inject drugs from a cross-sectional study in St. Petersburg, Russia.
| Characteristic | N = 111 |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 59 (53%) |
| Female | 52 (47%) |
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 38.2 (5.2) |
| Median (IQR) | 38.0 (36.0, 41.0) |
| Range | 19.0, 55.0 |
| Relationship status | |
| Married/Partnered | 79 (71%) |
| Living alone | 32 (29%) |
| Level of education | |
| Nine grades or less | 31 (28%) |
| Secondary Education/College | 77 (69%) |
| Higher Education | 3 (2.7%) |
| Employment pattern | |
| Employed (full time or part time) | 47 (42%) |
| Unemployed / Full-time home maker / Full-time student | 64 (58%) |
| Monthly income | |
| ≤15.000 RUB (approx. $200 USD) | 50 (45%) |
| >15.000 RUB | 61 (55%) |
| Berger HIV stigma | |
| Mean (SD) | 22.2 (3.7) |
| Median (IQR) | 22.0 (20.0, 25.0) |
| Range | 13.0, 31.0 |
| Substance use (SU) stigma | |
| Mean (SD) | 31.5 (7.2) |
| Median (IQR) | 32.0 (26.5, 36.0) |
| Range | 12.0, 46.0 |
| Intersectional HIV and substance use stigma | |
| Low (HIV & SU stigma less than median levels) | 24 (22%) |
| One form of stigma high (one form of stigma is low, another form of stigma is high) | 46 (41%) |
| Intersectional (HIV & SU stigma equal to or greater than median levels) | 41 (37%) |
| PHQ-9 scores | |
| Mean (SD) | 8.4 (5.6) |
| Median (IQR) | 8.0 (4.0, 13.0) |
| Range | 0.0, 21.0 |
| GAD-7 scores | |
| Mean (SD) | 5.3 (4.0) |
| Median (IQR) | 4.0 (2.0, 8.0) |
| Range | 0.0, 17.0 |