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Table 4 Predictors of prompt anticipated help-seeking for more symptoms at Time 2 than Time 1 (excludes missing data)

From: Quantitative evaluation of an information leaflet to increase prompt help-seeking for gynaecological cancer symptoms

 

Univariate logistic regression (unadjusted)

Multivariate logistic regression (adjusted)

 

Increase in prompt help-seeking score at T2, n (row %)

Odds ratio

95 % CI

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

Age

 18–29 (113, 27 %)

76 (68 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 30–39 (95, 23 %)

55 (60 %)

0.70

0.40–1.25

0.88

0.44–1.75

 40–49 (94, 23 %)

57 (61 %)

0.73

0.41–1.29

1.00

0.49–2.02

 50–59 (61, 15 %)

34 (57 %)

0.62

0.33–1.18

0.71

0.31–1.61

 60+ (52, 12 %)

27 (53 %)

0.53

0.27–1.05

0.65

0.24–1.79

Ethnicity

 White (348, 75 %)

215 (63 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Non-white (119, 25 %)

60 (52 %)

0.64

0.42–0.98

0.54

0.29–0.98

Education Qualifications

 None (37, 8 %)

16 (43 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 School education (147, 33 %)

79 (55 %)

1.57

0.76–3.25

1.00

0.34–2.90

 Higher education (260, 59 %)

170 (66 %)

2.59

1.29–5.53

1.67

0.57–4.84

Health literacy score

 Low (64, 14 %)

30 (50 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Marginal (120, 26 %)

62 (53 %)

1.13

0.61–2.10

1.08

0.38–3.10

 Adequate (282, 60 %)

175 (64 %)

1.77

1.01–3.10

0.94

0.33–2.72

Symptom knowledge change score

 No change or decrease (100, 21 %)

33 (37 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Small increase (242, 50 %)

144 (60 %)

2.55

1.54–4.20

2.68

1.32–5.44

 Large increase (141, 29 %)

101 (73 %)

4.63

2.62–8.21

4.21

1.95–9.13

Barrier change score

 No change or increase (212, 45 %)

104 (49 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Small reduction (188, 40 %)

117 (64 %)

1.82

1.22–2.73

1.84

1.07–3.17

 Large reduction (72, 15 %)

57 (79 %)

3.91

2.08–7.34

4.60

1.91–11.04

Anxiety change score

 No change or increase (234, 58 %)

138 (61 %)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Small reduction (128, 32 %)

87 (68 %)

2.02

0.97–4.18

1.95

0.82–4.61

 Large reduction (39, 10 %)

20 (51 %)

1.46

0.74–2.88

1.39

0.63–3.07

  1. Results in bold are significant (p < 0.05)