Table 4 Injection-related Behaviors by Intervention vs. Comparison Group, Among 694 People Who Inject Drugs
From: Effectiveness of community outreach HIV prevention programs in Vietnam: a mixed methods evaluation
| Intervention (n = 358) | Comparison (n = 336) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When injecting in the last 6 months: | N | % | N | % | |
| Did not share needles/syringes or other injection equipment | 306 | 85.5 | 288 | 85.7 | 0.90 |
| Reduced injection of drugs | 188 | 52.5 | 171 | 50.9 | 0.66 |
| Stopped sharing equipment | 267 | 74.6 | 228 | 67.9 | 0.05 |
| Stopped sharing drug solutions | 215 | 60.1 | 179 | 53.3 | 0.07 |
| Started/increased cleaning works | 223 | 62.2 | 175 | 52.1 | < 0.01** |
| Always cleaned needles/syringes that had been previously used by someone else | 14/46 | 30.4 | 8/46 | 17.4 | 0.11 |
