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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Dec;116(6):1311–1318. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181fae60d

Table 3.

Reasons for not completing screening among 207 women who did not screen.*

Reason** Home Clinic p value RR 95% CI
Forgot 34 (49) 33 (24) < 0.001 2.0 1.4-3.0
Did not have time 3 (4.3) 31 (22.7) 0.005 0.19 0.06-0.60
Did not receive testing materials 9 (3.4) 22 (7.9) 0.55 0.80 0.39-1.6
Tested outside of study 5 (1.9) 20 (7.1) 0.13 0.49 0.19-1.2
Lost or damaged testing materials 9 (3.4) 14 (5.0) 0.57 1.3 0.57-2.76
Thought low risk 2 (2.9) 5 (3.6) 0.77 0.78 0.16-3.9
Other 4 (5.7) 4 (2.9) 0.33 2.0 0.50-7.6
Don't know 2 (2.9) 4 (2.9) 0.98 0.98 0.18-5.21
Did not have money for copay, or did not
know clinic testing was free
0 (0) 5 (3.6) 0.17 - -
Did not have transportation 0 (0) 5 (3.6) 0.17 - -
Other barrier to clinic access 0 (0) 4 (2.9) 0.30 - -
Did not understand swab instructions 3 (4.3) 0 (0) 0.038 - -
Delayed test until out of testing window 0 (0) 2 (0.7) 0.55 - -
Did not want to use randomization method 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 0.34 - -
Worried about privacy 0 (0) 0 (0) - - -

Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated. RR, relative risk.

*

p values calculated by chi-square or Fisher's exact test. Relative risk calculated by Poisson regression with robust error variance.

**

Multiple reasons were permitted.

Women who did not receive, lost, or damaged testing materials could request new materials.