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Table 2 Estimated odds ratios (OR) and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) for predictors of GSDOA awareness among participants as determined by hierarchical logistic regression

From: Awareness and knowledge of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act among people at risk of witnessing an overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a multi-methods cross sectional study

 

GSDOA Awarenessa

 

Simple Bivariate OR (95% CI)

Block 1 (Demographics) AOR (95% CI)

Block 2 (Overdose Response) AOR (95% CI)

Block 3 (Overdose Characteristics) AOR (95% CI)

Demographic Characteristics

Age (years)

  16 – 24

  25 – 34

2.31 (1.24, 4.31) **

2.15 (1.14, 4.07) *

2.77 (1.42, 5.41) **

2.18 (1.09, 4.35) *

  35 – 44

1.89 (1.02, 3.51) *

1.74 (0.92, 3.28)

2.06 (1.07, 3.96) *

1.59 (0.81, 3.14)

  45 – 54

1.35 (0.74, 2.47)

1.24 (0.66, 2.32)

1.42 (0.75, 2.69)

1.21 (0.62, 2.34)

  55 + 

1.43 (0.71, 2.90)

1.31 (0.63, 2.71)

1.47 (0.70, 3.10)

1.36 (0.63, 2.95)

Gender

  Cis man

  Cis woman

0.96 (0.63, 1.47)

1.02 (0.66, 1.58)

0.91 (0.58, 1.42)

1.01 (0.63, 1.60)

  Trans and gender expansive

0.37 (0.12, 1.11)

0.47 (0.15, 1.47)

0.46 (0.15, 1.45)

0.54 (0.17, 1.72)

Overdose Response Resources

Cellphone possession

  Yes

1.71 (1.10, 2.66) *

 

2.15 (1.34, 3.47) **

2.36 (1.44, 3.86) ***

  No

 

Overdose Characteristics

Perceived risk of overdoseb

  Ever

1.82 (1.21, 2.75) **

  

1.47 (0.93, 2.31)

  Never

  

Opioid overdose witnessed

  Yes

2.62 (1.70, 4.05) ***

  

2.29 (1.42, 3.70) ***

  No

  

  LR Pseudo–R2

 

0.019

0.040

0.080

  Pseudo–R2 change

 

0.019

0.021**

0.040 ***

  1. Reference categories are denoted by “—"; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. aFinal model size = 340 after excluding individuals with “unknown” responses for all variables
  3. b “Never” = “Never”; “Ever” = “Rarely/sometimes/often/all the time”