Table 2. Initial Contact and Communication with a Healthcare Provider by Gender and Race.
| All† | Gender | Race | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Black | Hispanic | White | ||
| Reason(s) for disclosure†† | n=79 | n=42 | n=37 | n=28 | n=26 | n=25 |
| Symptom severity | 33 (42%) |
16 (38%) |
17 (46%) |
11 (39%) |
11 (42%) |
11 (44%) |
| Symptom persistence | 8 (10%) |
6 (14%) |
2 (5%) |
7 (25%) |
0 | 1 (4%) |
| Bother / impact | 22 (28%) |
9 (21%) |
13 (35%) |
5 (18%) |
7 (27%) |
10 (40%) |
| Worry | 17 (22%) |
11 (26%) |
6 (16%) |
7 (25%) |
6 (23%) |
4 (16%) |
| Type of provider | n=83 | n=44 | n=39 | n=32 | n=25 | n=26 |
| Primary care | 70 (84%) |
39 (89%) |
31 (79%) |
28 (88%) |
20 (80%) |
22 (85%) |
| Specialist | 12 (15%) |
5 (11%) |
7 (18%) |
3 (9%) |
5 (20%) |
4 (15%) |
| Hospital | 1 (1%) |
0 | 1 (3%) |
1 (3%) |
0 | 0 |
| Reason for visit | n=81 | n=45 | n=36 | n=31 | n=28 | n=22 |
| General / physical | 35 (43%) |
16 (36%) |
19 (53%) |
15 (48%) |
11 (39%) |
9 (41%) |
| Non-urinary problem | 19 (24%) |
12 (27%) |
7 (19%) |
9 (29%) |
6 (21%) |
4 (18%) |
| Urinary symptoms | 27 (33%) |
17 (38%) |
10 (28%) |
7 (23%) |
11 (39%) |
9 (41%) |
| Conversation initiator | n=77 | n=43 | n=34 | n=28 | n=24 | n=25 |
| Patient | 69 (90%) |
39 (91%) |
30 (88%) |
26 (93%) |
21 (88%) |
22 (88%) |
| Communication | n=84 | n=43 | n=41 | n=32 | n=26 | n=26 |
| Not difficult | 75 (89%) |
40 (93%) |
35 (85%) |
30 (94%) |
22 (85%) |
23 (88%) |
†
Sub-samples include respondents who addressed each topic.
††
Some respondents indicated more than one reason for disclosure. As a result, the sum of the number of respondents reporting each reason for disclosure is greater than the total number of respondents who addressed the topic in some way in each group (n). Percentages reflect the number of respondents reporting each reason out of the total number of respondents who addressed the topic in each group (n).