Table 3.
Breast cancer–screening outcomes by intervention and comparison groups
| ME group (n =546)
|
LHWO+ME group (n=543)
|
Intervention (LHWO+ME) minus comparison (ME)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Change | Pre | Post | Change | Change | |
| Ever heard of breast cancer | 86.6 | 89.1 | 2.5 | 88.5 | 99.6 | 11.1*** | 8.6** |
| Ever heard of a mammogram | 95.1 | 96.8 | 1.8 | 93.8 | 99.6 | 5.8*** | 4.0* |
| Ever had a mammogram | 89.6† | 91.8 | 2.2 | 84.1 | 91.6 | 7.5*** | 5.3* |
| Had a mammogram in the past 2 years (all participants) | 74.0† | 75.6 | 2.4 | 64.7 | 82.1 | 16.2*** | 14.2*** |
| Ever thought about getting a mammogram if never had one | 52.6 | 54.8 | 2.2 | 61.4 | 91.1 | 29.7*** | 27.5* |
| Plan a mammogram in the next 12 months | 73.7 | 75.3 | 1.6 | 72.8 | 95.7 | 22.9*** | 21.3*** |
| Ever heard of a CBE | 76.4 | 86.1 | 9.7*** | 77.5 | 99.4 | 21.9*** | 12.2*** |
| Ever had a CBE | 73.1 | 79.0 | 5.9*** | 68.1 | 85.5 | 17.1*** | 11.2** |
| Had a CBE in past 2 years (all participants) | 54.7† | 59.0 | 4.2* | 48.7 | 71.6 | 23.1*** | 18.9*** |
| Ever thought about getting a CBE if never had one | 44.4 | 50.0 | 5.6 | 44.6 | 61.8 | 17.2* | 11.6 |
| Plan a CBE in the next 12 months | 72.3 | 71.7 | −0.6 | 68.4 | 89.7 | 21.3*** | 21.9*** |
†
p<0.05 (for difference in pre-intervention rates between intervention and comparison groups),
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001
CBE, clinical breast examination; LHWO, lay health worker outreach; ME, media education