Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics, drug injection-related and sexual behaviors by awareness of HIV infection at first participation (Aristotle, 2012–2013, N = 506 HIV-positive People Who Inject Drugs)
| Variable | Awareness of HIV infection | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aware (N = 127) |
Unaware (N = 379) | Overall | p-value* | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender | < 0.001 | |||
| Male | 87 (68.5) | 332 (87.6) | 419 (82.8) | |
| Female | 40 (31.5) | 47 (12.4) | 87 (17.2) | |
| Median age in years (interquartile range) | 34.1 (29.3, 38.5) | 32.7 (28.5, 38.3) | 33.1 (28.9, 38.3) | 0.223 |
| Origin | 0.012 | |||
| Other | 16 (12.6) | 87 (23.0) | 103 (20.4) | |
| Greek | 111 (87.4) | 292 (77.0) | 403 (79.6) | |
| Ever participated in OMT | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 61 (48.4) | 306 (82.0) | 367 (73.5) | |
| Yes | 65 (51.6) | 67 (18.0) | 132 (26.5) | |
| Ever been in prison | 0.057 | |||
| No | 40 (31.5) | 155 (41.0) | 195 (38.6) | |
| Yes | 87 (68.5) | 223 (59.0) | 310 (61.4) | |
| Main substance of use | 0.138 | |||
| Heroin | 85 (67.5) | 287 (76.5) | 372 (74.3) | |
| Cocaine | 31 (24.6) | 58 (15.5) | 89 (17.8) | |
| Buprenorphine | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | |
| Sisha/Methamph | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | |
| Speedball | 10 (7.9) | 26 (6.9) | 36 (7.2) | |
| Frequency of injecting drugs in past 12 months | 0.035 | |||
| More than once a day | 55 (43.3) | 211 (55.7) | 266 (52.6) | |
| Once a day | 11 (8.7) | 24 (6.3) | 35 (6.9) | |
| More than once a week | 22 (17.3) | 73 (19.3) | 95 (18.8) | |
| More than once a month | 15 (11.8) | 31 (8.2) | 46 (9.1) | |
| Less than once a month | 24 (18.9) | 40 (10.6) | 64 (12.6) | |
| Receptive syringe sharing on last injection | 0.889 | |||
| No | 83 (74.8) | 249 (74.1) | 332 (74.3) | |
| Yes | 28 (25.2) | 87 (25.9) | 115 (25.7) | |
| Receptive syringe sharing in past 12 months | 0.741 | |||
| Never | 66 (52.4) | 190 (50.7) | 256 (51.1) | |
| Rarely | 40 (31.7) | 131 (34.9) | 171 (34.1) | |
| About half the times | 10 (7.9) | 33 (8.8) | 43 (8.6) | |
| Most of the times, Always | 10 (7.9) | 21 (5.6) | 31 (6.2) | |
| Dividing drugs with a syringe someone else had used before about half of the times or more in the past 12 months | 0.112 | |||
| No | 54 (42.5) | 192 (50.7) | 246 (48.6) | |
| Yes | 73 (57.5) | 187 (49.3) | 260 (51.4) | |
| Condom use for males | 0.719 | |||
| Never/Usually no | 32 (28.8) | 57 (30.8) | 89 (30.1) | |
| Always/Usually yes | 79 (71.2) | 128 (69.2) | 207 (69.9) | |
| Condom use for females | 0.022 | |||
| Never/Usually no | 10 (19.6) | 13 (43.3) | 23 (28.4) | |
| Always/Usually yes | 41 (80.4) | 17 (56.7) | 58 (71.6) | |