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Table 2 Association between CHWs and women characteristics and acceptability of self-collection, univariate and multivariate models

From: HPV testing: a mixed-method approach to understand why women prefer self-collection in a middle-income country

 

Accepted self-collection

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysisa

 

Yes

    
 

n(%)

OR (95 % CI)

p-value*

OR (95 % CI)

p-value*

Total

100

    

Women visited by CHW of each gender

 Female

86.26

1

   

 Male

82.43

0.65 (0.32;1.32)

0.239

  

Area

     

 Rural

79.24

1

   

 Urban

87.25

1.46 (0.75;2.84)

0.255

  

Age (years)

 30–39

87.48

1

 

1

 

 40–49

85.97

0.83 (065;1.07)

0.166

0.80 (0.57;1.13)

0.215

 50–64

85.43

0.78 (0.63;0.98)

0.032

0.81 (0.56;1.16)

0.263

 65+

76.08

0.56 (0.34;0.95)

0.033

0.66 (0.38;1.12)

0.292

Education level

 Tertiary incomplete/complete

87.47

1

 

1

 

 Secondary complete

85.68

0.80 (0.50;1.28)

0.365

0.76 (0.48;1.23)

0.271

 Primary complete/Secondary incomplete

97.09

0.83 (0.55;1.27)

0.407

0.84 (0.55;1.29)

0.432

 Never went to school/primary incomplete

80.94

0.61 (0.38;0.97)

0.039

0.67 (0.40;1.14)

0.141

Health insurance

 Private/social security

83.94

1

 

1

 

 Public system

86.70

1.33 (1.03; 1.70)

0.028

1.26 (0.95;1.17)

0.108

PAP in last three years

 No

86.81

1

   

 Yes

83.35

1.03 (0.81;1.32)

0.767

  
  1. CHW community health workers, CI confidence interval
  2. *Generalized mixed linear model with CHW as a random effect and each factor as a fixed effect
  3. aSame generalized linear mixed model including age, education level and health insurance as fixed effects