Table 2.
Comparison of Access- and IPV-related barriers for up-to-date and not up-to-date women
| Barrier items | Up-to-Date (n=107) |
Not Up-to- Date (n=35) |
Total (n=142) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access-Related Barriers | Mean (STD) | Mean (STD) | Mean (STD) | |
| Access Barrier Summary Score ** | 1.82 (0.73) | 2.22 (0.72) | 1.92 (0.75) | |
| Don’t know where to go * | 1.66 (1.09) | 2.27 (1.35) | 1.81 (1.19) | |
| Too much time * | 1.56 (0.87) | 1.94 (0.91) | 1.65 (0.89) | |
| Can not remember | 2.10 (1.14) | 2.39 (1.12) | 2.17 (1.14) | |
| Not a priority | 1.95 (1.10) | 2.38 (1.21) | 2.05 (1.14) | |
| Too far away | 1.69 (0.88) | 2.15 (1.23) | 1.80 (1.00) | |
| Expensive * | 1.93 (1.16) | 2.56 (1.34) | 2.08 (1.23) | |
| Will not help | 1.55 (0.86) | 1.59 (0.80) | 1.56 (0.84) | |
| Unfamiliar with the exam ** | 1.86 (1.05) | 2.48 (1.25) | 2.01 (1.13) | |
| IPV-Related Barriers | Mean (STD) | Mean (STD) | Mean (STD) | |
| IPV Barrier Summary Score | 2.24 (0.90) | 2.51 (0.93) | 2.30 (0.92) | |
| Fear of flashbacks to IPV | 2.07 (1.20) | 2.36 (1.34) | 2.14 (1.24) | |
| Afraid of result | 2.56 (1.31) | 2.82 (1.24) | 2.63 (1.29) | |
| Will be painful | 2.32 (1.25) | 2.74 (1.37) | 2.42 (1.28) | |
| Evoke feelings from IPV | 2.17 (1.21) | 2.45 (1.33) | 2.24 (1.24) | |
| No control | 2.10 (1.10) | 2.41 (1.34) | 2.17 (1.17) | |
| Male Doctor | 2.42 (1.35) | 2.53 (1.24) | 2.44 (1.32) | |
| Embarrassment | 2.16 (1.13) | 2.42 (1.29) | 2.22 (1.17) | |
| Mistrust of Provider | 1.97 (1.17) | 2.22 (1.07) | 2.03 (1.15) | |
Barrier items were scored using a 5-point Likert scale
(1= Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Differences between groups were evaluated using Mann-Whitney U test.
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01