Table 3.
Association between demographic and other variables and doctor-confirmed DFE
| DFE No. (%) |
No DFE No. (%) |
Relative risk (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | |||
| tailored | 66 (40.2) | 98 (59.8) | 1.07 (0.82–1.40) |
| targeted | 62 (37.6) | 103 (62.4) | |
| Age | |||
| 65–69 | 51 (37.8) | 84 (62.2) | 1.18 (0.74–1.89) |
| 70–79 | 62 (42.2) | 85 (57.8) | 1.32 (0.84–2.09) |
| ≥ 80 | 15 (31.9) | 32 (68.1) | referent |
| Gender | |||
| male | 33 (33.0) | 67 (97.0) | 0.80 (0.58–1.09) |
| female | 95 (41.5) | 134 (58.5) | |
| Education | |||
| < h.s. | 55 (38.7) | 87 (61.3) | referent |
| h.s. grad | 40 (38.1) | 65 (61.9) | 0.98 (0.71–1.35) |
| some college | 18 (33.3) | 36 (66.7) | 0.86 (0.56–1.32) |
| college grad | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | 1.43 (0.96–2.13) |
| Incomea | |||
| < $20,000 | 87 (40.1) | 130 (59.9) | referent |
| $20,000–29,999 | 12 (29.3) | 29 (70.7) | 0.73 (0.44–1.21) |
| ≥ $30,000 | 14 (53.8) | 12 (46.2) | 1.34 (0.91–1.99) |
| General health | |||
| excellent | 17 (37.8) | 28 (62.2) | 1.89 (0.52–6.90) |
| good | 71 (41.8) | 99 (58.2) | 2.09 (0.59–7.30) |
| fair | 38 (36.5) | 66 (63.5) | 1.82 (0.52–6.47) |
| poor | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) | referent |
| Preventive care | |||
| 0 | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | referent |
| 1 | 21 (32.3) | 44 (67.7) | 1.29 (0.56–2.98) |
| 2 | 57 (39.0) | 89 (61.0) | 1.56 (0.71–3.43) |
| 3 | 45 (45.9) | 53 (54.1) | 1.84 (0.83–4.04) |
| Has glaucoma | 12 (40.0) | 18 (60.0) | 1.03 (0.65–1.63) |
| Has diabetes | 32 (44.4) | 40 (55.6) | 1.19 (0.88–1.61) |
| Has retinopathy | 5 (45.4) | 6 (54.6) | 1.17 (0.61–2.28) |
| Last DFE | |||
| < 5 years | 66 (43.1) | 87 (56.9) | 1.55 (1.03–2.35) |
| > 5 years | 37 (38.5) | 59 (61.5) | 1.39 (0.88–2.18) |
| never | 20 (27.8) | 52 (72.2) | referent |
| Literacy score | |||
| adequate | 59 (48.8) | 62 (51.2) | 1.46 (1.12–1.91) |
| poor | 69 (33.3) | 138 (66.7) | |
| Read newsletter | |||
| yes | 76 (46.6) | 87 (53.4) | 1.49 (1.13–1.97) |
| no | 52 (31.3) | 114 (68.7) | |
| Behavioral intention | |||
| 1-never thought about | 15 (31.9) | 32 (68.1) | 1.54 (0.80–2.97) |
| 2-decided no | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 0.60 (0.10–4.54) |
| 3-still deciding | 12 (20.7) | 46 (79.3) | referent |
| 4-plan in 6 months | 39 (47.6) | 43 (52.4) | 2.30 (1.32–4.00) |
| 5-plan in 1 month | 61 (45.2) | 74 (54.8) | 2.18 (1.28–3.74) |
a
excludes 45 people who refused to answer or were not sure