Table 2.
Proportion of female post-graduate physicians adherent to United States Preventive Services Task Force cervical cancer screening recommendations and who accurately perceived adherence or non-adherence to the recommendations, stratified by self-identified race/ethnicity
Adherent | Accurately Perceived Adherence or Non-adherence | |||
No. (%) | RR (95% CI) | No. (%) | RR (95% CI) | |
Overall | 169 (83) | n/a | 167 (84) | n/a |
Self-Identified Race/Ethnicity | ||||
White | 93 (87) | 1.00 | 93 (88) | 1.00 |
Asian | 33 (69) | 0.79 (0.64–0.97)a | 37 (82) | 0.94 (0.80–1.09) |
African-American | 15 (94) | 1.08 (0.93–1.25) | 15 (94) | 1.07 (0.92–1.24) |
East Indian | 13 (87) | 1.00 (0.81–1.23) | 9 (64) | 0.73 (0.49–1.09)b |
Hispanic/Latina | 10 (91) | 1.05 (0.86–1.28) | 9 (82) | 0.93 (0.70–1.24) |
a Chi-square P < 0.01, comparing women who self-identified as Asian with women who self-identified as white.
b Fisher's Exact Test P = 0.036, comparing women who self-identified as East Indian with women who self-identified as white.