Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer by a visual screening program in Tanzania completed treatment: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

Table 5 Patient characteristics by radiation completion among 829 women who followed up for treatment at ORCI

	Did not complete prescribed radiation		Completed prescribed radiation
	N/mean	%/SD	N/mean	%/SD
Total	132	17.3	633	82.8
	Missing n = 64
Occupation
Housewife	106	80.3%	499	78.8%	p = 0.2996^*
Manual	12	9.1%	41	6.5%
Skilled/Other	14	10.6%	93	14.7%
Education
None	64	48.5%	278	43.9%	p = 0.5405^*
Primary	57	43.2%	308	48.7%
>Primary	10	7.6%	45	7.1%
Missing	1	0.8%	2	0.3%
Marital status
Married/regular partner	81	61.4%	400	63.2%	p = 0.6607^*
Widow/separated/other	51	38.6%	231	36.5%	p = 0.6607^*
Missing	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
Last menstrual period
<12 months ago	66	50.0%	332	52.4%	p = 0.5802^*
>12 months ago	65	49.2%	294	46.4%	p = 0.5802^*
Missing	1	0.8%	7	1.1%
Age	53.2	14.2	51.0	12.5	p = 0.1027^†
Age at marriage	19.2	5.8	18.8	3.8	p = 0.9204^**
Gravidity	6.2	3.4	6.5	3.1	p = 0.3472^***
Year of first treatment appointment
2002-2003	6	4.5%	61	9.6%	p = 0.0571^‡
2004-2005	24	18.2%	107	16.9%
2006-2007	23	17.4%	145	22.9%
2008-2009	43	32.6%	177	28.0%
2010-2011	36	27.3%	143	22.6%
Place of residence
Dar es Salaam	74	56.1%	302	47.7%	p = 0.0808^*
Other Region	58	43.9%	331	52.3%	p = 0.0808^*
Treatment clinic disease stage
1	9	6.8%	67	10.6%	p = 0.0221^‡
2	58	43.9%	333	52.6%
3	57	43.2%	212	33.5%
4	5	3.8%	21	3.3%
Missing	3	2.3%	0	0.0%
Attended another health facility before screening
Yes	25	18.9%	150	23.7%	p = 0.2528^*
No	106	80.3%	483	76.3%	p = 0.2528^*
Missing	1	0.8%	0	0.0%
Prescribed ≥40 Gy radiation
Yes	105	79.5%	569	89.9%	p = 0.0008^*
No	27	20.5%	64	10.1%	p = 0.0008^*
Follow-up time (days)	23.4	42.1	23.3	77.4	p = 0.3284^**

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