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. 2023 May 26;12:e84664. doi: 10.7554/eLife.84664

Table 2. Self-reported barriers among a subgroup of PRESTIS trial participants who were randomized to receive a mailed self-sample kit for HPV testing and completed a telephone survey from August 2020-September 2022 (n=233), Harris County, TX Source data file: ‘Table 2—source data 1’.

Table 2—source data 1. Telephone survey results of barriers to getting provider-performed clinic-based screening among underscreened women participating in the PRESTIS study.
Language Race/Ethnicity
All (n=233) n (%) Spanish (n=143) n (%) English (n=90) n (%) p-value Hispanic (n=162) n (%) Black (n=51) n (%) White (n=14) n (%) Asian (n=3) n (%) Other (n=3) n (%) p-value
Getting a Pap is uncomfortable. Yes No Unsure 158 (67.8%)
74 (31.8%)
1 (0.4%)
102 (71.3%)
41 (28.7%)
0 (0%)
56 (62.2%)
33 (36.7%)
1 (1.1%)
0.126 112 (69.1%)
49 (30.3%)
1 (0.6%)
33 (64.7%)
18 (35.3%)
0 (0%)
8 (57.1%)
6 (42.9%)
0 (0%)
3 (100%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
2 (33.3%)
1 (66.7%)
0 (0%)
0.785
Uncomfortable with male provider Yes No Unsure 147 (63.1%)
84 (36.1%)
2 (0.9%)
100 (69.9%)
41 (28.7%)
2 (1.4%)
47 (52.2%)
43 (47.8%)
0 (0%)
0.006 109 (67.3%)
52 (32.1%)
1 (0.6%)
26 (51.0%)
25 (49.0%)
0 (0%)
6 (42.9%)
7 (50.0%)
1 (7.1%)
3 (100%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
3 (100%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0.034
Getting a Pap is embarrassing Yes No Unsure 122 (52.4%)
109 (46.8%)
2 (0.9%)
95 (66.4%)
48 (33.6%)
0 (0%)
27 (30%)
61 (67.8%)
2 (2.2%)
0.000 100 (61.7%)
61 (37.7%)
1 (0.6%)
13 (25.5%)
37 (72.6%)
1 (2.0%)
6 (42.9%)
8 (57.1%)
0 (0%)
2 (66.7%)
0 (0%)
1 (33.3%)
1 (33.3%)
2 (66.7%)
0 (0%)
0.000
Getting a Pap test is expensive * Yes No Unsure 47 (20.3%)
159 (68.5%)
26 (11.2%)
36 (25.6%)
94 (66.2%)
12 (8.5%)
11 (12.2%)
65 (72.2%)
14 (15.6%)
0.024 39 (24.2%)
104 (64.6%)
18 (11.2%)
6 (11.8%)
38 (74.5%)
7 (13.7%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
14 (100%)
1 (66.7%)
2 (33.3%)
0 (0%)
1 (33.3%)
1 (33.3%)
1(33.3%)
0.049
Age Education
30–39 (n=59) 40–49 (n=78) 50–59 (n=69) 60–65 (n=27) p-value Elementary or less (n=64) Some/all High school (n=105) Some/all College (n=61) p-value
40 (67.8%)
18 (30.5%)
1 (1.7%)
57 (73.1%)
21 (26.9%)
0 (0%)
40 (58.0%)
29 (42.0%)
0 (0%)
21 (77.8%)
6 (22.2%)
0 (0%)
0.160 41 (64.1%)
23 (35.9%)
0 (0.0%)
80 (76.2%)
24 (22.9%)
1 (1.0%)
35 (67.8%)
26 (42.6%)
0 (0%)
0.031
36 (61.0%)
22 (37.3%)
1 (1.7%)
46 (59.0%)
32 (41.0%)
0 (0%)
46 (66.7%)
23 (33.3%)
0 (0%)
19 (70.4%)
7 (25.9%)
1 (3.7%)
0.357 45 (70.3%)
18 (28.1%)
1 (1.6%)
66 (62.9%)
38 (36.2%)
1 (1.0%)
34 (55.7%)
27 (44.3%)
0 (0%)
0.298
29 (49.2%)
30 (50.9%)
0 (0%)
43 (55.1%)
34 (43.6%)
1 (1.3%)
31 (44.9%)
37 (53.6%)
1 (1.5%)
19 (70.4%)
8 (29.6%)
0 (0%)
0.252 36 (56.3%)
28 (43.8%)
0 (0%)
62 (59.1%)
42 (40.0%)
1 (1.0%)
22 (36.1%)
38 (62.3%)
1 (1.6%)
0.021
15 (25.4%)
38 (64.4%)6 (10.2%)
12 (15.4%)
58 (74.4%)
8 (10.3%)
14 (203%)
46 (66.7%)
9 (13.0%)
6 (23.1%)
17 (65.4%)
3 (11.5%)
0.842 17 (27.0%)
44 (69.8%)
2 (3.2%)
24 (22.9%)
65 (61.9%)
16 (15.2%)
6 (9.8%)
47 (77.1%)
8 (13.1%)
0.12
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Missing n=1.

Missing = 3.