Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis showing socio-demographic factors associated with cervical cancer screening of healthy women and treatment of women with cervical cancer
Service type | Screening, n = 42 | aTreatment, n = 92 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic variables | OR (adjusted for household head education and occupation) | 95% CI | p-value | OR (adjusted for household head education, occupation and stage of presentation) | 95% CI | p-value |
Province of residence | ||||||
 Manicaland | – | – | – | 0.57 | 0.07 to 4.53 | 0.596 |
 Masvingo | – | – | – | 1.86 | 0.08 to 44.63 | 0.701 |
 Midlands | – | – | – | 0.21 | 0.01 to 3.97 | 0.299 |
 Mashonaland Central | – | – | – | 0.09 | 0.00 to 2.35 | 0.148 |
 Mashonaland East | – | – | – | 0.45 | 0.06 to 3.32 | 0.439 |
 Mashonaland West | – | – | – | 0.22 | 0.01 to 4.18 | 0.310 |
 Harare | – | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Age (years) | ||||||
 25–44 | 0.21 | 0.02 to 1.90 | 0.166 | 0.46 | to 13.66 | 0.653 |
 45 or more | 0.29 | 0.02 to 3.50 | 0.327 | 0.95 | 0.2 to 4.77 | 0.952 |
Education | ||||||
 Primary | 0.22 | to 895 | 0.718 | 0.18 | 0.00 to 7.54 | 0.371 |
 Secondary | 2.14 | 0.23 to 19.82 | 0.500 | 0.37 | to 12.91 | 0.583 |
 Higher | – | – | – | Ref | – | – |
 None | Ref | – | – | 0.08 | 0.00 to 4.31 | 0.212 |
Occupation | ||||||
 Unemployed | 0.10 | 0.01 to 1.60 | 0.103 | 0.22 | 0.01 to 5.03 | 0.347 |
 Professional | 0.84 | 0.05 to 13.11 | 0.901 | 0.08 | 0.00 to 2.19 | 0.248 |
 Self employed | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | 0.681 |
 Other | 0.67 | 0.02 to 22.98 | 0.826 | 0.35 | 0.01 to 21.97 | 0.507 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married/co-habiting | 0.39 | to 4.26 | 0.438 | 0.14 | 0.01 to 1.24 | 0.415 |
 Never married | 2.24 | 0.08 to 63.36 | 0.637 | – | – | – |
 Widowed | 0.09 | 0.00 to 3.35 | 0.189 | 0.46 | 0.06 to 3.26 | 0.645 |
 Divorced or separated | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Religion | ||||||
 Roman Catholic | 0.006 | 0.00 to 0.25 | 0.007 | 10.60 | 0.29 to 377 | 0.195 |
 Protestant | 0.01 | 0.00 to 0.49 | 0.020 | 68.32 | 1.22 to 381 | 0.040 |
 Pentecostal | 0.003 | 0.00 to 0.10 | 0.002 | 16.00 | 0.46 to 553 | 0.125 |
 Apostolic sect | 0.02 | 0.00 to 0.93 | 0.045 | 22.00 | 0.57 to 846 | 0.097 |
 Other | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Personal income (US$) | ||||||
 No income | 5.14 | 0.17 to 151 | 0.343 | 0.17 | 0.00 to 38.26 | 0.517 |
 < 200 | 4.47 | 0.14 to 148 | 0.401 | 0.54 | 0.00 to 80.20 | 0.808 |
 200–400 | 1.51 | 0.07 to 33 | 0.794 | 0.57 | 0.01 to 25.37 | 0.771 |
 430 or more | Ref | – | – | – | – | – |
Household income (US$) | ||||||
 No income | 0.52 | 0.04 to 6.63 | 0.618 | 32.74 | to 7017 | 0.699 |
 < 600 | 0.13 | to 6.23 | 0.300 | 5.18 | 0.06 to 436 | 0.214 |
 600–1000 | 0.50 | 0.02 to 12.41 | 0.672 | 0.23 | 0.01 to 38.23 | 0.972 |
 1200 or more | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Medical insurance/aid | ||||||
 Yes | 7.24 | 0.67 to 78.68 | 0.104 | 0.84 | 0.11 to 6.52 | 0.874 |
 No | Ref |  |  | Ref |  |  |
Wealth quintiles | ||||||
 Poor | 2.10 | 0.25 to 17.59 | 0.492 | 4.00 | 0.07 to 227 | 0.501 |
 Middle | 0.04 | to 2.05 | 0.107 | 0.46 | 0.07 to 2.95 | 0.414 |
 Rich | 0.23 | 0.00 to 203 | 0.799 | 0.69 | 0.05 to 9.43 | 0.781 |
Sources of cervical cancer information | ||||||
 Radio | 1.18 | 0.02 to 58.95 | 0.934 | 0.16 | 0.01 to 2.83 | 0.210 |
 TV | 5.48 | 0.08 to 396 | 0.436 | 0.16 | 0.01 to 3.39 | 0.236 |
 Health workers | – | – | – | 0.26 | 0.02 to 2.72 | 0.260 |
 Other | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Knowledge that cervical cancer is treatable | ||||||
 Yes | 4.95 | 0.21 to 119.27 | 0.324 | 1.60 | 0.21 to 12.10 | 0.648 |
 No | 5.33 | to 492.77 | 0.468 | 0.02 | 0.0 to 2.18 | 0.099 |
 Don’t | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – |
Number of visits to health facilities or doctors in previous 6 months | ||||||
 None | 0.02 | 0.0 to 0.59 | 0.024 | – | – | – |
 Once | 0.08 | 0.0 to 0.93 | 0.044 | |||
 Twice | 0.57 | 0.09 to 3.33 | 0.537 | |||
 Thrice or more | Ref | – | – | |||
Have regular general practitioner (doctor) | ||||||
 Yes | 0.10 | 0.01 to 1.82 | 0.121 | – | – | – |
 No | Ref | – |  | |||