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Table 2 Health related quality of life and risk behavior among respondents

From: Sexual behaviors among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area in northern Vietnam

Characteristics

Urban area

Remote area

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

EQ5D5L

 Having problem in mobility

25

15.1

8

11.4

33

14.0

 Having problem in self-care

21

12.7

4

5.7

25

10.6

 Having problem in usual activities

29

17.5

5

7.1

34

14.4

 Pain/Discomfort

39

23.5

8

11.4

47

19.9

 Anxiety/Depression

52

31.3

9

12.9

61

25.9

Having HIV positive

32

19.9

27

38.6

59

25.5

Substance use

 Ever injecting drug

162

98.2

66

95.7

228

97.4

 Current illicit drug use

21

13.0

10

14.3

31

13.4

 Current cigarette smokers

129

79.6

45

66.2

174

75.7

 Using alcohol

53

31.9

24

35.8

77

33.1

Receiving antiretroviral treatment

28

17.1

25

36.2

53

22.8

 

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

 EQ-5D index

0.9

0.2

0.9

0.2

0.9

0.2

 MMT duration

16.4

9.2

12.7

6.7

15.3

8.7