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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between PWUD with ‘low intention’ and ‘strong intention’ to get vaccinated against COVID-19

From: COVID-19 vaccination intention among people who use drugs in France in 2021: results from the international community-based research program EPIC

Variables

Overall

N = 166

Strong vaccination intention

N = 32

Low vaccination intention

N = 134

p-value

Gender

Man

138 (83.1)

28 (87.5)

110 (82.1)

 

Woman

26 (15.7)

4 (12.5)

22 (16.4)

0.642

Other

2 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.5)

NA

Age median [IQR] (per one year older)

40 [34–47]

48 [40–51]

38 [32–45]

< 0.001

Education level

Lower (i.e., high school certificate or lower)

124 (80.0)

22 (68.8)

102 (82.9)

 

Higher (tertiary education)

31 (20.0)

10 (31.2)

21 (17.1)

0.078

Living area

Rural area

15 (9.5)

1 (3.2)

14 (11.0)

 

Urban area

143 (90.5)

30 (96.8)

113 (89.0)

0.226

Unstable housing

No

118 (73.8)

28 (93.3)

90 (69.2)

 

Yes

42 (26.2)

2 (6.7)

40 (30.8)

0.004

Financial difficulties1

No

95 (59.7)

24 (75.0)

71 (55.9)

 

Yes

64 (40.3)

8 (25.0)

56 (44.1)

0.050

Housing difficulties1

No

121 (79.1)

29 (90.6)

92 (76.0)

 

Yes

32 (20.9)

3 (9.4)

29 (24.0)

0.073

Food insecurity1

No

106 (65.8)

24 (75.0)

82 (63.6)

 

Yes

55 (34.2)

8 (25.0)

47 (36.4)

0.236

Health difficulties1

No

96 (61.1)

19 (61.3)

77 (61.1)

 

Yes

61 (38.9)

12 (38.7)

49 (38.9)

0.993

Deterioration in quality of life1

No

90 (57.0)

19 (59.4)

71 (56.3)

 

Yes

68 (43.0)

13 (40.6)

55 (43.7)

0.773

Perception of French government’s response to COVID-19

Adapted to PWUD

56 (47.5)

15 (55.6)

41 (45.1)

 

Not adapted to PWUD

62 (52.5)

12 (44.4)

50 (54.9)

0.998

Perception of community-based NGO response to COVID-19

Adapted to PWUD

31 (25.6)

6 (25.0)

25 (25.8)

 

Not adapted to PWUD

90 (74.4)

18 (75.0)

72 (74.2)

0.342

Anxiety (GAD-7)

No anxiety

61 (38.9)

15 (50.0)

46 (36.2)

 

Mild or moderate anxiety

76 (48.4)

12 (40.0)

64 (50.4)

0.201

Severe anxiety

20 (12.7)

3 (10.0)

17 (13.4)

0.421

Depression (PHQ-9)

Minimal

52 (32.5)

13 (40.6)

39 (30.5)

 

Mild/Moderate

81 (50.6)

15 (46.9)

66 (51.6)

0.367

Moderately severe/Severe

27 (16.9)

4 (12.5)

23 (17.9)

0.324

Self-administration of questionnaire

No

34 (21.1)

10 (32.2)

24 (18.5)

 

Yes

127 (78.9)

21 (67.8)

106 (81.5)

0.093

  1. 1: since the beginning of COVID-19 crisis; in bold: p-value<0.20
  2. NGO: non-governmental organizations
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