Table 3.
Distribution and association of socioeconomic, demographic Factors and symptoms by “total delay”
| Univariate analysis | Logistic regression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <6mois | ≥6mois | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <50 | 38.9 | 57.1 | 0.02 | 1 | - | |
| ≥50 | 61.1 | 42.9 | 2.44 | 1.24-4.76 | 0.01 | |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Housewife | 92.2 | 95.3 | ||||
| Other | 7.8 | 4.7 | 0.32 | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 55.7 | 56.3 | 0.93 | |||
| Other§ | 44.3 | 43.8 | ||||
| Educational level | ||||||
| Educated | 23.9 | 11.5 | 0.04 | 1 | - | |
| Illiterate | 76.1 | 88.5 | 3.85 | 1.45-10.0 | 0.007 | |
| Residence area | ||||||
| Urban | 73.4 | 57.0 | 0.03 | 1 | - | |
| Rural | 26.6 | 43.0 | 2.56 | 1.25-5.26 | 0.01 | |
| Socioeconomic level | ||||||
| Low | 88.4 | 93.7 | 0.25 | |||
| Medium | 11.6 | 6.3 | ||||
| Health insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 8.7 | 5.0 | 0.28 | |||
| Now | 91.3 | 95.0 | ||||
| Distance* | ||||||
| <100 Km | 38.8 | 40.7 | 0.81 | |||
| ≥100 Km | 61.2 | 59.3 | ||||
| Antecedent of cancer** | ||||||
| Yes | 13.3 | 12.9 | 0.94 | |||
| Now | 86.7 | 87.1 | ||||
| Bleeding*** | ||||||
| Yes | 93.1 | 87.5 | 0.28 | |||
| Now | 6.9 | 12.5 | ||||
§
Single, widowed and divorced
*
Distance between residence area and place of diagnosis
**
History of familial antecedent of cancer
***
Bleeding as first gynecological symptom