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Table 4 Socio-demographics, drug use characteristics and acceptability of SIS for focus group and interview participants

From: Feasibility, acceptability, concerns, and challenges of implementing supervised injection services at a specialty HIV hospital in Toronto, Canada: perspectives of people living with HIV

(n = 22 unless otherwise stated)

N

%

Current program of client

 Day Health Program

17

81.0

 Inpatient

4

19.0

Gender

 Cis male

21

95.5

 Cis female

1

4.5

Drug use

 Ever used drugs

  Yes

18

81.8

  No

4

18.2

 Ever injected drugs (n = 18)

  Yes

11

61.1

  No

7

38.9

Injected drugs in past 30 days (n = 11)

 Yes

4

36.4

 No

7

63.6

Willing to use SIS at Casey House (n = 4)

 Yes

2

50.0

 No

2

50.0

SIS should be made available as part of the Inpatient Program

 Agree

16

72.7

 Disagree

4

18.2

 Undecided

2

9.1

SIS should be made available as part of the Day Health Program

 Agree

13

59.1

 Disagree

6

27.3

 Undecided

3

13.6