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Table 3 Reading bowel screening information: descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable ordinal logistic regression model

From: A cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with reading cancer screening information: previous screening behaviour, demographics and decision-making style

 

Amount read of the bowel screening leaflet: n (%)/M (SD)

Adjusted OR, 95% CI

p-value

 

None of it

Some of it

About half of it

Most of it

All of it

Total

Read more of the leaflet

 

Characteristic

(n = 13; 4.2%)

(n = 44; 14.2%)

(n = 14; 4.5%)

(n = 63; 20.4%)

(n = 175; 56.6%)

(n = 309)

(i.e. any amount more)

 

Gender

        

 Male

8 (5.0)

28 (17.5)

7 (4.4)

31 (19.4)

86 (53.8)

160

0.79, 0.50 to 1.27

.338

 vs. Female (reference category)

5 (3.4)

16 (10.7)

7 (4.7)

32 (21.5)

89 (59.7)

149

  

Ethnicity

        

 White British

10 (3.5)

41 (14.5)

11 (3.9)

57 (20.2)

163 (57.8)

282

2.58, 1.20 to 5.56

.015

 vs. Other ethnic groups

3 (11.1)

3 (11.1)

3 (11.1)

6 (22.2)

12 (44.4)

27

  

Marital status

        

 Married or living as a couple

4 (1.9)

23 (11.1)

10 (4.8)

45 (21.7)

125 (60.4)

207

1.65, 0.99 to 2.76

.056

 vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated

9 (8.8)

21 (20.6)

4 (3.9)

18 (17.6)

50 (49.0)

102

  

Highest level of education

      

Overall: .003

 

 No formal qualifications

8 (7.1)

18 (16.1)

5 (4.5)

27 (24.1)

54 (48.2)

112

0.30, 0.14 to 0.64

.002

 Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3

4 (3.2)

21 (16.9)

4 (3.2)

27 (21.8)

68 (54.8)

124

0.31, 0.15 to 0.40

.001

 vs. Approximately Level 4

1 (1.4)

5 (6.8)

5 (6.8)

9 (12.3)

53 (72.6)

73

  

Social class grade

      

Overall: .907

 

 Grade A or B

3 (3.5)

10 (11.6)

4 (4.7)

13 (15.1)

56 (65.1)

86

0.92, 0.45 to 1.88

.916

 Grade C1 or C2

5 (4.1)

11 (9.1)

4 (3.3)

32 (26.4)

69 (57.0)

121

1.06, 0.61 to 1.85

.844

 vs. Grade D or E

5 (4.9)

23 (22.5)

6 (5.9)

18 (17.6)

50 (49.0)

102

  

Personal diagnosis of cancer

        

 Yes

2 (5.7)

2 (5.7)

2 (5.7)

10 (28.6)

19 (54.3)

35

1.18, 0.5 to 2.48

.662

 vs. No

11 (4.0)

42 (15.3)

12 (4.4)

53 (19.3)

156 (56.9)

274

  

Knows someone with cancer

        

 Yes

8 (3.9)

23 (11.3)

6 (2.9)

37 (18.1)

130 (63.7)

204

1.84, 1.13 to 2.99

.014

 vs. No

5 (4.8)

21 (20.0)

8 (7.6)

26 (24.8)

45 (42.9)

105

  

Bowel screening regularity

      

Overall: <.0005

 

 Never or very rarely attended…

7 (11.3)

14 (22.6)

4 (6.5)

12 (19.4)

25 (40.3)

62

0.34, 0.19 to 0.59

<.0005

 Attended some or most of the time…

1 (5.3)

2 (10.5)

2 (10.5)

7 (36.8)

7 (36.8)

19

0.43, 0.18 to 1.04

.061

 vs. Always attended before most recent invitation

5 (2.2)

28 (12.3)

8 (3.5)

44 (19.3)

143 (62.7)

228

  

Age (in years)

65.5 (2.8)

67.3 (2.6)

65.8 (3.8)

65.8 (2.9)

65.4 (3.3)

65.8 (3.2)

0.92, 0.85 to 0.99

.029

Decision-making style

        

 Avoidant score

13.1 (3.1)

13.5 (3.9)

13.9 (3.8)

13.0 (3.5)

12.6 (3.4)

12.9 (3.5)

0.96, 0.89 to 1.04

.298

 Dependent score

15.4 (4.7)

16.5 (3.5)

16.8 (4.6)

16.0 (4.1)

16.5 (3.5)

16.4 (3.7)

1.04, 0.97 to 1.11

.291

 Intuitive score

18.1 (3.4)

18.3 (2.8)

18.9 (2.6)

18.8 (2.8)

18.5 (2.6)

18.6 (2.7)

1.10, 1.00 to 1.22

.061

 Rational score

18.2 (4.0)

19.3 (2.9)

19.1 (2.1)

19.8 (2.2)

20.0 (2.1)

19.8 (2.4)

1.11, 1.00 to 1.23

.045

 Spontaneous score

15.5 (4.4)

14.5 (3.6)

14.9 (3.9)

13.5 (3.0)

13.2 (3.4)

13.6 (3.4)

0.93, 0.86 to 1.00

.051

  1. Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs are per unit increase in the case of continuous variables; p-values <.05 are in bold; all predictor variables are included in the model