Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2014 Jul-Aug;37(4):241–251. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182a40d8d

Table 3. Predictors of Stage of Adoption for FOBT from Hierarchical Modelinga.

Predictor Variablesb FOBT Stage of Adoption

Step 1
OR (95% CI)
Step 2
OR (95% CI)
Step 3
OR (95% CI)
Step 4
OR (95% CI)
Demographics
 Age 1.04 (1.10-1.06)** 1.04 (1.01-1.06)** 1.04 (1.01-1.06)** 1.04 (1.01-1.06)**
 Male 1.86 (1.32-2.63)** 1.68 (1.17-2.41)** 1.72 (1.19-2.48)** 1.70 (1.16-2.49)**
 Income: 15K-30K vs. < 15K 0.97 (0.69-1.35) 0.98 (0.70-1.37) 0.90 (0.64-1.27) 0.82 (0.57-1.16)
    > 30K vs. < 15K 1.15 (0.73-1.83) 1.23 (0.77-1.96) 1.06 (0.66-1.07) 1.03 (0.63-1.69)
 Insurance 1.00 (0.62-1.63) 1.01 (0.62-1.66) 1.01 (0.62-1.67) 0.94 (0.57-1.57)
 VA site 3.77 (2.47-5.77)** 3.92 (2.56-6.02)** 3.46 (2.25-5.34)** 2.80 (1.76-4.44)**

Clinical Variables
 BMI 0.98 (0.96-1.00) 0.99 (0.97-1.01) 0.98 (0.96-1.01)
 Personal History of Cancer 0.38 (0.20-0.71)** 0.38 (0.20-0.71)** 0.37 (0.19-0.70)**

CRC Health Beliefs & Knowledge
 Perceived Risk 1.05 (0.92-1.20) 1.06 (0.92-1.21)
 FOBT Benefits 1.20 (0.92-1.56) 1.15 (0.88-1.50)
 FOBT Barriers 0.79 (0.63-0.98)* 0.79 (0.63-0.99)*
 FOBT Self-efficacy 1.79 (1.28-2.49)** 1.59 (1.13-2.23)**

Social Support
 Married/Partnered 1.23 (0.88-1.72)
 Family/friend Encouragement 1.64 (1.18-2.29)**
 Provider Recommendation 2.05 (1.48-2.85)**

Generalized R2 0.126 0.140** 0.169** 0.202**

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CRC, colorectal cancer; FOBT, fecal occult blood test; K, thousand; OR, odds ratio.

a

* p<.05, ** p<.01

b

Variables with p≤.2 from the bivariate analysis.