Prevalence and high risk behaviours associated with HCV testing among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Karimi, Salah Eddin; Bayani, Azadeh; Higgs, Peter; Bayat, Amir-Hossein; Hemmat, Morteza; Ahounbar, Elahe; Armoon, Bahram; Fakhri, Yadolah

doi:10.1186/s13011-020-00306-1

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Table 2 main characteristic of included studies

From: Prevalence and high risk behaviours associated with HCV testing among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

references	Country	Year	Sample Size	Study Design	Quality Assessment Criteria	Positive cases	OR Age > 30	Low CI Age > 30	High CI Age > 30	OR Female	Low CI Female	High CI Female	OR High school	Low CI High school	High CI High school	OR Unprotected sex	Low CI Unprotected sex	High CI Unprotected sex	OR Duration of injecting drug use	Low CI Duration of injecting drug use	High CI Duration of injecting drug use	OR Past treatment attempt	Low CI Past treatment attempt	High CI Past treatment attempt	OR Previous testing	Low CI Previous testing	High CI Previous testing
[32]	USA	2012	533	Cross-section	Good	469							1.9	1.4	2.5
[33]	India	2015–2016	1241	Cross-section	Very Good	298							3.5	1.2	10.4	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	1	4.2
[34]	Greece	2013–2015	2747	Cross-section	Very Good	2294	2.6	1.6	4.3										3	2	4.5	3.6	2.6	4.8
[35]	Australia	2016–2018	565	Cohort	Very Good	367				1.92	1.11	3.3													2.15	0.97	4.8
[36]	Australia	2007	888	Cross-section	Good	826							0.36	0.18	0.81							2.78	1.48	5.2
[37]	Thailand	2011	427	Cross-section	Very Good	141							2.2	1.35	3.64	0.62	0.32	0.97				3.47	1.85	6.95
[38]	Ukraine	2014–2015	1613	Cross-section	Satisfactory	348				1.61	1.08	2.41							0.98	0.96	1	2.24	1.32	3.81
[39]	Australia	215	1173	Cross-section	Good	633																2.15	1.149	3.87	2	1.31	3.06
[40]	Germany	2020	2059	Cross-section	Satisfactory	1503	2.2	1.2	4.2
[41]	India	2013–2017	11,993	Cross-section	Good																	1.72	1.22	2.43
[42]	USA	2012–2013	129	Cross-section	Good	107	4.2	1.7	7.5
[43]	Spain	2011	240	Cross-section	Very Good	179
[42]	USA	2012–2013	129	Cross-section	Very Good	107
[44]	USA	2015	14,253	Cross-section	Good	157
[45]	Canada	2012–2013	663	Cross-section	Satisfactory	564
[46]	USA	2003–2004	217	Cross-section	Good	100
[47]	UK	2012–2015	211	Cross-section	Very good	135
[41]	India	2013–2017	11,993	Cross-section	Good	469

OR Odds Ratio
CI Confidence Interval

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