| Provincial | District | All | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age at first drug use | 24.3 | 7.0 | 24.6 | 6.7 | 24.5 | 6.7 | 0.10 |
Time since 1st drug use (yr.) | 13.5 | 5.1 | 13.2 | 6.1 | 13.3 | 5.9 | 0.07 |
Time since 1st drug inject(yr.) | 10.9 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 0.12 |
# previous drug rehabilitation episodes | 5.7 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 6.3 | <0.01 |
Duration on MMT (month) | 11.4 | 7.2 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 16.5 | 11.0 | <0.01 |
N | % | N | % | N | % | Â | |
Self-reported health problems | |||||||
 Mobility | 19 | 7.04 | 55 | 7.37 | 74 | 7.28 | 0.86 |
 Self-care | 10 | 3.7 | 30 | 4.02 | 40 | 3.94 | 0.82 |
 Usual Activities | 18 | 6.67 | 42 | 5.63 | 60 | 5.91 | 0.54 |
 Pain or Discomfort | 37 | 13.7 | 143 | 19.17 | 180 | 17.72 | 0.04 |
 Anxiety or Depression | 56 | 20.74 | 154 | 20.64 | 210 | 20.67 | 0.97 |
Concurrent drug use | 15 | 5.56 | 34 | 4.56 | 49 | 4.82 | 0.51 |
History of drug injection | 222 | 82.22 | 524 | 70.24 | 746 | 73.43 | <0.01 |
Self-reported HIV status | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â | 0 | Â |
 Negative | 239 | 88.52 | 637 | 85.39 | 876 | 86.22 | 0.15 |
 Positive | 22 | 8.15 | 60 | 8.04 | 82 | 8.07 |  |
 N/A | 9 | 3.33 | 49 | 6.57 | 58 | 5.71 |  |