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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Mens Health. 2008 Oct 20;3(4):340–351. doi: 10.1177/1557988308325460

Table 4.

Associations between baseline characteristics and an increase in knowledge, increase in self-efficacy, and decrease in decisional conflict between pre and post intervention (unadjusted odds ratios and 95% CIs)*

Characteristics Increase in knowledge Increase in self- efficacy Decrease in decisional conflict

Age
40– 50 1.97 (0.75 – 5.18) 1.09 (0.49 – 2.42) 2.08 (0.96 – 4.51)
Above 50 REF REF REF

Marital status
Currently Married REF REF REF
Not married 0.51 (0.20 – 1.32) 1.65 (0.73 – 3.74) 1.27 (0.58 – 2.77)

Income
< $25,000 0.59 (0.20 – 1.77) 2.76 (1.05 –7.27) 2.23 (0.85 – 5.84)
$25,000 to $49,000 1.74 (0.43 – 7.10) 0.52 (0.16 – 1.64) 1.86 (0.69 – 4.98)
$50,000 or more REF REF REF

Education
High school graduate or less 1.23 (0.43 – 3.51) 1.21 (0.52 – 2.83) 1.45 (0.63 – 3.32)
Some college or more REF REF REF

Family history of prostate cancer
Yes REF REF REF
No 2.84 (0.96 – 8.40) 3.42 (0.93– 12.63) 1.46 (0.54 – 3.95)

Ever heard of PSA
Yes REF REF REF
No 2.15 (0.57 – 8.06) 1.74 (0.69 – 4.42) 1.06 (0.42 – 2.63)

Ever heard of DRE
Yes REF REF REF
No 0.79 (0.23 – 2.69) 0.56 (0.17 – 1.85) 1.19 (0.42 – 3.41)

Risk perception
More likely to get prostate cancer 0.28 (0.08 – 0.95) 0.88 (0.28 – 2.78) 0.45 (0.15 – 1.37)
Less likely to get prostate cancer 0.74 (0.24 – 2.26) 0.92 (0.38 – 2.20) 0.57 (0.24 – 1.32)
About as likely to get prostate cancer REF REF REF

Control preferences
Active 1.12 (0.21 –5.88) 0.30 (0.08 – 1.17) 1.45 (0.38 – 5.46)
Collaborative 0.68 (0.12 – 4.00) 0.38 (0.08 – 1.69) 0.86 (0.20 – 3.69)
Passive REF REF REF

Baseline scores
Knowledge score 0.96 (0.93 – 0.99)
Decision self-efficacy score --- 0.92 (0.89 – 0.96)
Decisional conflict score --- 1.12 (1.08 – 1.17)
*

Reference category for knowledge is no change or a reduction in score; for self-efficacy is no change or reduction in scores; and decisional conflict is no change or an increase in score.