Table 2.
Association between default from follow-up care after screening positive to precancerous lesion of the cervix and sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of the participants (n = 108)
| Characteristics | Defaulter (%) n = 51 | Non defaulter (%) n = 57 |
Crude result |
Adjusted result |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | |||
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| <40 |
25(49.0) |
20(35.1) |
1.8(0.8 – 4.2) |
0.20 |
1.2(0.8 – 6.9) |
0.23 |
| ≥40 |
26(51.0) |
37(64.9) |
1(ref) |
1(ref) |
||
|
Parity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤2 |
15(29.4) |
18(31.6) |
2.0(0.8 – 5.6) |
0.88 |
1.1(0.5 – 8.1) |
0.95 |
| >2 |
3(70.6) |
35(68.4) |
1(ref) |
1(ref) |
||
|
Education status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| < Secondary |
19(37.5) |
10(17.5) |
2.9(1.1 – 7.7) |
0.03 |
3.1(2.0 – 5.2)a |
0.02 |
| ≥ Secondary |
31(62.7) |
47(82.5) |
1(ref) |
1(ref) |
||
|
Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Not married |
14(27.5) |
9(15.8) |
2.0(0.7 – 5.6) |
0.23 |
1.3(0.8 – 6.9) |
0.26 |
| Married |
37(72.5) |
47(84.2) |
1(ref) |
1(ref) |
||
|
Work status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Not working |
27(52.9) |
19(33.3) |
2.3(1.0 – 5.4) |
0.06 |
1.2(0.8 – 8.1) |
0.11 |
| Working |
23(47.1) |
37(66.7) |
1(ref) |
1(ref) |
||
|
Type of Community |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
10(19.6) |
23(40.4) |
1(ref) |
0.03 |
1(ref) |
0.07 |
| Rural |
41(80.4) |
34(59.6) |
2.8(1.1 – 7.3) |
1.6(0.9 –9.1) |
||
|
Distance of residence to clinic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| < 10 Km |
11(21.6) |
25(43.9) |
1(ref) |
0.02 |
1(ref) |
0.03 |
| ≥ 10 Km |
40(78.4) |
32(56.1) |
2.8(1.1 – 7.3) |
2.0(1.0 –4.1)b |
||
|
Current contraceptive use |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Using |
10(19.6) |
22(38.6) |
1(ref) |
0.05 |
1(ref) |
0.08 |
| Not using |
41(80.4) |
35(61.4) |
2.6(1.0 -6.8) |
1.4(0.3 – 9.7) |
||
|
Previous cervical cancer screen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Screened |
5(9.8) |
17(29.8) |
1(ref) |
0.02 |
1(ref) |
|
| Never Screened |
46(90.2) |
40(70.2) |
3.9(1.2 –13.4) |
3.5(3.1 – 8.4)c |
0.006 |
|
|
HIV status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Positive |
3(5.9) |
4(7.0) |
0.8(0.1-4.7) |
0.66 | 0.8(0.2-5.1) |
0.81 |
| Negative | 48(94.1) | 53(93.0) | 1(ref) | 1(ref) | ||
Note: Potential confounders adjusted at multivariate logistic regression analysis. aAdjusted for work status, bAdjusted for type of community and work status, cAdjusted for educational status and current contraceptive use.