Table 3 Health status and history of drug addiction and MMT

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

%

 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

0

0

0

 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