Table 2.
Predictors of a positive intention to participate in a health check
| Univariable | Multivariable | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | ||
| Age | 19-38 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| 39-55 | 0.9 | 0.6-1.4 | .68 | 0.9 | 0.5-1.5 | .61 | |
| 56-65 | 1.3 | 0.9-2.0 | .19 | 1.4 | 0.8-2.3 | .24 | |
| >65 | 1.6 | 1.1-2.5 | .03 | 1.9 | 1.1-3.3 | .02 | |
| Gender | Female | 1.0 | 0.8-1.4 | .95 | |||
| Education level | Low | 1.0 | |||||
| Middle | 1.1 | 0.6-1.8 | .78 | ||||
| High | 0.9 | 0.5-1.5 | .57 | ||||
| Marital status | Widow(er) | 1.0 | |||||
| Divorced | 1.4 | 0.5-3.7 | .49 | ||||
| Never married | 1.6 | 0.8-3.4 | .23 | ||||
| Married / partnership | 1.1 | 0.5-2.4 | .90 | ||||
| Smoking status | Currently smoking | 0.7 | 0.5-1.0 | .03 | |||
| Physical activity: ≥ 30 min/day | ≥5 days a week | 1.0 | |||||
| <5 days a week | 1.1 | 0.9-1.5 | .38 | ||||
| Alcohol cons.a: ≥ 6 glasses/day | ≤1 time a week | 1.0 | |||||
| >1 time a week | 1.0 | 0.5-1.9 | .97 | ||||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | <25.0 | 1.0 | |||||
| 25.0 - 30.0 | 1.1 | 0.8-1.5 | .74 | ||||
| ≥30.0 | 1.0 | 0.6-1.5 | .85 | ||||
| Fam. hist. of type II DM / CVDb | Yes | 1.2 | 0.9-1.6 | .23 | |||
| Agree with following statements c | |||||||
| Practical factors | |||||||
| No time to participate | 0.2 | 0.1-0.6 | .001 | 0.3 | 0.1-1.0 | .04 | |
| Participation if the insurance pays the check | 0.7 | 0.5-0.9 | .01 | ||||
| Personal beliefs | |||||||
| It makes me unnecessarily worried | 0.2 | 0.1-0.3 | <.001 | 0.3 | 0.1-0.4 | <.001 | |
| Don’t want to give (the risk of) diseases any thoughtsd | 0.3 | 0.2-0.4 | <.001 | ||||
| Don’t want to take medication due to the check | 0.4 | 0.3-0.5 | <.001 | ||||
| Don’t want to face social consequences of bad outcome | 0.6 | 0.4-0.9 | .003 | ||||
| Don’t want to adjust lifestyle due to the check | 0.6 | 0.3-1.1 | .09 | ||||
| Feeling healthy, I don’t expect any diseases | 0.8 | 0.6-1.0 | .09 | 0.7 | 0.5-1.0 | .04 | |
| Important to know how to reduce riskd | 8.7 | 5.0-15.2 | <.001 | ||||
| Important to know whether I have a high risk | 7.4 | 5.1-10.6 | <.001 | 4.6 | 3.0-7.2 | <.001 | |
| Better to prevent than to cure | 6.7 | 3.2-13.9 | <.001 | ||||
| I want to become aware of healthy lifestyle | 6.0 | 4.3-8.4 | <.001 | 2.9 | 2.0-4.4 | <.001 | |
| Important to know whether I have a diseased | 5.4 | 3.9-7.5 | <.001 | ||||
| Due to the check I have higher chance on aging healthy | 4.1 | 3.0-5.5 | <.001 | 2.1 | 1.4-3.0 | <.001 | |
aAlcohol consumption.
bFamilial history of type II diabetes mellitus and/or cardiovascular diseases.
cReference category: disagree.
dNot included into the multivariable model because of collinearity (ρ ≥ 0.5).