Table 2.
Summary measure of approaches to breast cancer screening among primary care health professionals (% of respondents agreeing with 3 or more of 4 survey items), by geographic category.
Geographic Category | N | percent | Crude OR | 95% CI | Adjusted OR* | 95% CI |
Rural | 96 | 43.8% | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Suburban | 76 | 52.6% | 1.43 | 0.78–2.62 | 1.25 | 0.67–2.35 |
Urban | 241 | 50.6% | 1.32 | 0.82–2.12 | 1.20 | 0.73–1.99 |
TOTAL | 413 | 49.4% |
*Adjusted for age and practise structure. When the suburban group was compared to urban group using the suburban group as the referent, the crude OR = 0.92 (95% CI 0.55–1.54); adjusted* OR = 0.94 (95% CI 0.55–1.64); n = 408.