báo cáo khoa học: " Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs: a factor analysis approach"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs: a factor analysis approach | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Open Access Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs a factor analysis approach Heidi Exner1 Erin K Gibson1 Ryan Stone2 Jennifer Lindquist2 Laura Cowen2 and Eric A Roth 3 Address 1AIDS Vancouver Island 1601 Blanshard Avenue Victoria British Columbia V8W 2J5 Canada 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics PO BOX 3060 STN CSC Victoria British Columbia V8W 3R4 Canada and 3Department of Anthropology University of Victoria PO Box 3050 STN CSC Victoria British Columbia V8W 3P5 Canada Email Heidi Exner - Erin K Gibson - erinkgibson@ Ryan Stone - ryestone@ Jennifer Lindquist - jenl@ Laura Cowen - lcowen@ Eric A Roth - ericroth@ Corresponding author Published 29 July 2009 Received 13 February 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 20 doi 1477-7517-6-20 Accepted 29 July 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 20 2009 Exner et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The concept of risk dominates the HIV AIDS literature pertaining to People Who Use Injection Drugs PWUID . In contrast the associated concept of worry is infrequently applied even though it can produce important perspectives of PWUID s lives. This study asked a sample n 105 of PWUID enrolled in a Victoria British Columbia needle exchange program to evaluate their degree of worry about fourteen factors they may encounter in their daily lives. Methods Exploratory factor analysis was used to analyze their responses. Results Factor analysis delineated three factors 1 overall personal security 2 injection drug usespecific risks including overdosing and vein collapse and 3 .