Adherence to screening appointments in a cervical cancer clinic serving HIV-positive women in Botswana

Barchi, Francis; Winter, Samantha C.; Ketshogile, Faith Mompati; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6638-z

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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Adherence to screening appointments in a cervical cancer clinic serving HIV-positive women in Botswana

	Full Sample				Embedded Sample
	Frequency	Did not comply	Complied	Χ²	Frequency	Did not comply	Complied	Χ²
N	1789	1071	718		257	83	174
Participated in consent study	257	83	174 (68%)	94.94***	NA	NA	NA
Did not participate	1532	988	644 (42%)
Demographic Variables
Age	34.9 (7.01)			0.02*†	35.2 (6.42)			0.03†
Education				1.05				0.89
No formal education	52	31	21		62	17	45
Primary	428	250	178		62	17	45
Secondary	1220	733	487		195	66	129
Higher	89	57	32		195	66	129
Employment type				11.26*	NA	NA	NA	NA
Unemployed	572	368	204
Formal sector	950	535	415
Informal sector	177	114	63
Self-employed	90	54	36
Income				3.75				8.43*
Less than p1000	806	463	343		108	29	79
p1000-p2499	688	425	263		103	38	65
p2500-p4999	204	125	79		28	6	22
p5000-p10000	91	58	33		18	10	8
Aware of household finances	1228	704	524	10.49**	192	57	135	2.36
Relationship status				3.70				1.42†
Single	1201	712	489		186	58	128
Cohabitates	266	163	103		23	7	16
Married	235	150	85		37	15	22
Separated/div/widow	87	46	41		11	3	8
Number of children	2.1 (1.39)			0.03†	2.0 (1.29)			0.11†
Treated	176	67	109	38.60***	40	4	36	10.77†**
Additional variables for embedded sample
Formally employed					180	56	124	0.39
Engages in informal work					67	14	53	5.39*
Involved in decisions about family planning					156	50	106	0.01
Involved in decisions about buying medicine					241	76	165	1.02
Involved in decisions about other household items					240	77	163	0.07
Symptoms of major depressive disorder					16	6	10	0.21
Correctly identified causes of cervical cancer					102	37	65	1.22
Understands role of HIV in cancer risk					245	79	166	0.01†
Identified HPV as a cause of cervical cancer					130	43	87	0.07
Understands role of HIV in risk of HPV					148	49	99	0.11
Composite risk variable					75	27	48	0.66
Consulted with someone to participate					169	59	110	1.54
Needed permission to participate					7	4	3	2.03†
Type					126	21	105	27.61***

† coefficient from a logistic regression or Fisher’s Exact Test; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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