Table 3 Digital infrastructure access among people who use drugs (N = 162) recruited in Athens, Greece, according to housing status
From: Considerations for equitable distribution of digital healthcare for people who use drugs
Characteristic | Total (N = 162) | According to housing status | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not experiencing homelessness (N = 81) | Experiencing homelessness (N = 81) | ||||
Participants who had ever accessed the internet, n (%) | 145 (89.5) | 75 (92.6) | 70 (86.4) | 0.20 | |
Participants’ most frequently used device to access the interneta, n (%) | 0.63 | ||||
Mobile phone | 113 (77.9) | 58 (77.3) | 55 (78.6) | ||
Computer | 29 (20.0) | 15 (20.0) | 14 (20.0) | ||
Participants' use of the following types of internet connectionsa, n (%) | |||||
Broadband connections e.g., ADSL, VDSL, public Wi-Fi connections, mobile phone | 82 (56.5) | 56 (74.6) | 26 (37.1) | < 0.001 | |
Narrowband connection e.g., via mobile phone network less than 3G | 55 (37.9) | 34 (45.3) | 21 (30.0) | 0.03 | |
Participants last used the interneta, n (%) | 0.03 | ||||
Within the last 3 months | 112 (77.2) | 64 (85.3) | 48 (68.6) | ||
Between 3 months and one year ago | 18 (12.4) | 4 (5.3) | 14 (20.0) | ||
More than 1 year ago | 14 (9.6) | 6 (8.0) | 8 (11.4) | ||
Participants average use of the internet within the last 3 monthsb, n (%) | 0.66 | ||||
Every day or almost every day | 76 (67.9) | 45 (70.3) | 31 (64.6) | ||
At least once a week (but not every day) | 26 (23.2) | 14 (21.9) | 12 (25.0) | ||
Less than once a week | 9 (8.0) | 4 (6.2) | 5 (10.4) | ||
Participants who have current internet access, n (%) | 107 (66.0) | 66 (81.5) | 41 (50.6) | < 0.001 | |
Participants who have current computer access, n (%) | 51 (31.5) | 42 (51.9) | 9 (11.1) | < 0.001 | |