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Table 7 Comparison of Illness Perceptions between attendees and non-attendees

From: Health beliefs, illness perceptions and determinants of breast screening uptake in Malta: a cross-sectional survey

 

B

SE

Wald

P-value

OR

95% CI

Model Accuracy YES

Model Accuracy NO

Model 1: Demographics

      

100%

0%

 Drive

-0.361

0.207

3.047

0.081

0.697

0.465, 1.045

  

 Constant

0.979

0.342

8.172

0.004

2.661

   

Model 2: Health Status

      

100%

0%

 Breast condition

0.174

0.265

0.430

0.512

1.190

0.708, 1.998

  

 Constant

0.081

0.492

0.027

0.869

1.085

   

Model 3: Health Beliefs

      

88.5%

38.8%

 Distrust in medical team

−0.573

0.153

14.051

0.000

0.564

0.418, 0.761

  

 Fear of unknown procedure

−0.409

0.153

7.120

0.008

0.664

0.492, 0.897

  

 Other life problems

−0.693

0.195

12.630

0.000

0.500

0.341, 0.733

  

 Relatives or friends’ advice

−0.363

0.130

7.745

0.005

0.696

0.539, 0.898

  

 Reminder letters

0.660

0.238

7.678

0.006

1.934

1.213, 3.083

  

 Constant

2.336

1.091

4.585

0.032

10.335

   

Model 4: Illness Perceptions

      

83.5%

37.3%

 Hereditary

0.456

0.185

6.072

0.014

1.578

1.098, 2.268

  

 Pollution

0.290

0.134

4.682

0.030

1.336

1.028, 1.738

  

 Illness gets better and worse

0.312

0.153

4.154

0.042

1.366

1.012, 1.844

  

 Major consequences in life

0.420

0.195

4.640

0.031

1.522

1.039, 2.231

  

 Whole life would change

0.509

0.201

6.442

0.011

1.664

1.123, 2.466

  

 Living long decreases

−0.685

0.298

5.290

0.021

0.504

0.281, 0.904

  

 Fear of breast cancer

−0.363

0.176

4.264

0.039

0.695

0.492, 0.983

  

 Constant

−3.375

1.494

5.106

0.024

0.034

   

Model 5: Health Beliefs and Illness Perceptions

      

84.8%

53.8%

 Distrust in medical team

−0.676

0.162

17.468

0.000

0.509

0.371, 0.699

  

 Fear of unknown procedure

−0.612

0.166

13.629

0.000

0.542

0.392, 0.751

  

 Other life problems

−0.669

0.206

10.544

0.001

0.512

0.342, 0.767

  

 Relatives or friends’ advice

−0.476

0.140

11.610

0.001

0.621

0.473, 0.817

  

 Reminder letters

0.687

0.251

7.470

0.006

1.987

1.214, 3.251

  

 Pollution

0.479

0.151

10.060

0.002

1.615

1.201, 2.172

  

 Illness gets better and worse

0.396

0.167

5.656

0.017

1.486

1.072, 2.061

  

 Whole life would change

0.855

0.221

14.924

0.000

2.351

1.524, 3.626

  

 Living long decreases

−0.890

0.336

7.016

0.008

0.411

0.212, 0.793

  

 Constant

0.113

1.742

0.004

0.948

1.120

   

Model 6: Health Beliefs and Illness Perceptions

      

85.2%

65.0%

 Fear of unknown procedure

−0.742

0.194

14.633

0.000

0.476

0.325, 0.696

  

 Embarrassing

−0.320

0.149

4.600

0.032

0.726

0.542, 0.973

  

 Distrust in medical team

−0.808

0.176

21.149

0.000

0.446

0.316, 0.629

  

 Other life problems

−0.735

0.234

9.843

0.002

0.479

0.303, 0.759

  

 Relatives or friends’ advice

−0.529

0.153

11.965

0.001

0.589

0.437, 0.795

  

 Reminder letters

0.795

0.290

7.536

0.006

2.215

1.255, 3.907

  

 Arrange appointment

1.133

0.506

5.020

0.025

3.106

1.153, 8.372

  

 Pay for mammography

−1.669

0.580

8.286

0.004

0.188

0.06, 0.587

  

 Stress or worry

−0.940

0.419

5.044

0.025

0.39

0.172, 0.887

  

 Family problems

0.839

0.405

4.292

0.038

2.314

1.046, 5.118

  

 Overwork

0.539

0.216

6.262

0.012

1.715

1.124, 2.616

  

 Personality

−0.548

0.240

5.235

0.022

0.578

0.361, 0.924

  

 Hereditary

0.533

0.231

5.342

0.021

1.704

1.084, 2.677

  

 Pollution

0.500

0.170

8.698

0.003

1.649

1.183, 2.299

  

 Change or bad luck

0.432

0.140

9.568

0.002

1.54

1.171, 2.024

  

 Illness gets better and worse

0.398

0.185

4.629

0.031

1.489

1.036, 2.141

  

 Economic consequences

0.647

0.223

8.438

0.004

1.91

1.234, 2.955

  

 Whole life would change

0.755

0.245

9.493

0.002

2.128

1.316, 3.441

  

 Living long decreases

−1.177

0.373

9.956

0.002

0.308

0.148, 0.64

  

 Depends on your actions

0.856

0.409

4.381

0.036

2.354

1.056, 5.246

  

 Your actions effects outcome

−1.094

0.552

3.933

0.047

0.335

0.114, 0.987

  

 Constant

0.384

3.083

0.016

0.901

1.468

   

Model 7: The 14 constructs

      

84.4%

42.2%

 Perceived barriers

−0.121

0.022

31.731

0.000

0.886

0.849, 0.924

  

 Cancer timeline cyclical

0.432

0.154

7.893

0.005

1.54

1.139, 2.081

  

 Illness coherence

0.249

0.100

6.179

0.013

1.283

1.054, 1.561

  

 Constant

0.623

0.895

0.484

0.487

1.864

   
  1. B unstandardized coefficients; SE standard error; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval