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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Women Health. 2015 Oct 19;56(4):468–486. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2015.1101736

Table 5.

Unadjusted and adjusteda results of logistic regressions for reported participant barriers to cervical cancer screening associated with the action stage at Visit 2

Variable # Reported (%) Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

I don’t have any symptoms.
 No 69 (77%) 1.00 --
 Yes 21 (23%) 0.53 (0.20, 1.45) --

My doctor didn’t recommend it.
 No 74 (82%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 16 (18%) 0.10 (0.02, 0.49)** 0.08 (0.02, 0.39)**

Having a Pap test is embarrassing.
 No 76 (84%) 1.00 --
 Yes 14 (16%) 0.34 (0.10, 1.18) --

I don’t have time.
 No 57 (63%) 1.00 --
 Yes 33 (37%) 1.33 (0.56, 3.15) --

I forget to make my appointment.
 No 54 (60%) 1.00 --
 Yes 36 (40%) 2.12 (0.90, 5.01) --

I can’t afford it.
 No 64 (71%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 26 (29%) 0.32 (0.12, 0.86)* 0.24 (0.08, 0.70)**

Getting a Pap test makes me nervous and afraid.
 No 77 (86%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 13 (14%) 0.25 (0.06, 0.98)* 0.16 (0.04, 0.69)*

I don’t want to know.
 No 82 (91%) 1.00 --
 Yes 8 (9%) 1.00 (0.23, 4.27) --

Pap tests are painful or uncomfortable.
 No 84 (93%) 1.00 --
 Yes 6 (7%) 0.18 (0.02, 1.62) --
a

Model included all retained variables for which values are displayed in the table.

*p < .05; **p < .01