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Table 2 Risk behaviors among participants

From: Changes in quality of life and its associated factors among illicit drug users in Vietnamese mountainous provinces: a 12-month follow-up study

Characteristics

Dien Bien

Lai Chau

Yen Bai

Total

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Duration of drug use

  < 2 years

2

2.0

7

9.6

4

4.1

13

4.8

0.73

 2–5 years

28

28.3

21

28.8

30

30.6

79

29.3

 

 5–10 years

35

35.4

22

30.1

33

33.7

90

33.3

 

 10–20 years

26

26.3

18

24.7

24

24.5

68

25.2

 

  > 20 years

8

8.1

5

6.9

7

7.1

20

7.4

 

Drug-injection in the last 30 days

31

19.0

21

13.5

35

22.2

87

18.2

0.13

Re-use/sharing of needles

13

12.9

4

4.0

10

10.1

27

9.0

0.08

Currently smoking

91

90.1

92

92.0

79

79.8

262

87.3

0.02

Alcohol practice in the last 12 months

66

65.4

58

58.0

39

39.8

163

54.5

< 0.01

Using condom in the last having sex

49

49.5

49

51.6

49

51.0

147

50.7

0.96

Had sex with sex workers

16

16.2

11

11.6

21

21.7

48

16.5

0.17