Table III.
Predictors | Positive versus Uncertain about Screening |
Uncertain versus Negative about Screening |
Positive versus Negative about Screening |
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Parameter estimate | 95% CI | z | P | Parameter estimate | 95% CI | z | P | Parameter estimate | 95% CI | z | P | |
Gender (male) | 0.6624 | 0.60 to 1.50 | 2.34 | 0.0195 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income | −0.3573 | −0.54 to −0.18 | −3.92 | <0.0001 | −0.312 | −0.64 to 0.01 | 1.89 | 0.0592 | — | — | — | — |
Education | — | — | — | — | 0.5901 | 1.35 to 2.32 | 2.80 | 0.0050 | −0.5688 | −0.95 to −0.19 | −2.95 | 0.0032 |
Physician support | — | — | — | — | 0.1677 | 0.07 to 0.27 | 3.33 | 0.0009 | −0.2556 | −0.37 to −0.14 | −4.23 | <0.0001 |
Family support | −0.3873 | −0.70 to −0.08 | −2.43 | 0.0152 | 0.2349 | −0.02 to 0.49 | 1.80 | 0.0717 | — | — | — | |
Perceived risk | — | — | — | — | 0.1774 | 0.06 to 0.29 | 2.99 | 0.0028 | −0.1994 | −0.34 to −0.06 | −2.73 | 0.0063 |
Perceived severity | — | — | — | — | 0.0782 | 0.02 to 0.14 | 2.51 | 0.0120 | −0.1018 | −0.19 to −0.01 | −2.21 | 0.0274 |
Perceived curability | −0.2887 | −0.57 to −0.003 | −1.98 | 0.0474 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Perceived curability if caught early | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | −0.9929 | −1.54 to −0.45 | −3.59 | 0.0003 |
Closeness with sibling | — | — | — | — | 0.1563 | 0.04 to 0.30 | 2.72 | 0.0064 | −0.2424 | −0.36 to −0.12 | −3.81 | 0.0010 |
—, indicates non-significant comparisons. Variables not represented (marital status, ethnicity, current employment, age, medical insurance status, number of siblings in the family, Prevent 1, Prevent 2, distress about sibling's cancer, proband gender, proband stage at diagnosis, proband age at diagnosis and time since proband's diagnosis) were not significant predictors for any of the comparisons.