Table 5.
Repondents' preferred medium for consulting a doctor if hypothetically living 20 minutes from a clinic
| 20 minutes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone1 | Webcam1 | |||||||||
| Variable | n% | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p value2 | Adjusted OR3 (95% CI) | p value 2 | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p value2 | Adjusted OR3 (95% CI) | p value2 | |
| Sex | Female4 | 487 (74%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Male | 173 (26%) | 1.13 (0.70-1.82) | 0.61 | 1.08 (0.65-1.79) | 0.78 | 2.95 (1.02-8.56) | 0.05 | 2.26 (0.68-7.57) | 0.19 | |
| Age | 16 to 19 | 214 (32%) | 1.10 (0.70-1.72) | 0.69 | 0.97 (0.61-1.54) | 0.89 | 2.16 (0.75-6.26) | 0.16 | 3.22 (0.97-10.75) | 0.06 |
| 20 to 244 | 448 (68%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Remoteness | Major city4 | 548 (83%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Non-major city | 111 (17%) | 0.84 (0.46-1.51) | 0.55 | 0.83 (0.45-1.50) | 0.53 | 0.80 (0.18-3.62) | 0.77 | 0.77 (0.16-3.68) | 0.74 | |
| Had an STI test | Yes4 | 223 (34%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| No | 433 (65%) | 1.91 (1.16-3.13) | 0.01 | 1.84 (1.08-3.14) | 0.03 | 0.90 (0.29-2.79) | 0.85 | 0.75 (0.19-2.92) | 0.68 | |
| Any same-sex partners | Yes | 67 (10%) | 0.75 (0.35-1.63) | 0.47 | 0.94 (0.42-2.11) | 0.88 | 2.38 (0.65-8.80) | 0.19 | 1.13 (0.25-5.07) | 0.87 |
| No4 | 593 (90%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yearly visits to a doctor | 0-34 | 358 (54%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 4+ | 304 (46%) | 0.97 (0.64-1.49) | 0.90 | 1.10 (0.70-1.73) | 0.67 | 0.65 (0.21-1.95) | 0.44 | 0.86 (0.26-2.91) | 0.81 | |
| Partner total | 0-24 | 526 (80%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3+ | 136 (21%) | 0.66 (0.37-1.19) | 0.66 | 0.78 (0.42-1.44) | 0.42 | 3.80 (1.31-11.05) | 0.01 | 4.24 (1.24-14.42) | 0.02 | |
1Reference category is in-person consultation
2Chi-square test
3Multinominal regression. Adjusted for sex, age, remoteness, past STI test, same-sex partners, doctor visits, and partner total.
4Reference category