Table 5.
Association between knowledge and practice and patient delay identified by multivariate analysis.
| Categorial variables | ≤90 (n = 179) |
>90 (n = 222) |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | |
| Previously heard about cervical cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 155 (75.6) | 50 (24.4) | ||||||
| No | 24 (12.2) | 172 (87.8) | 22.217 | [13.039–37.855] | 0.001∗ | 2.707 | [0.834–8.753] | 0.098 |
| Knowledge of symptoms | ||||||||
| Abnormal vaginal bleeding (between periods, after sex, postmenopausal) | ||||||||
| Yes | 141 (89.8) | 16 (10.2) | 0.020 | [0.011–0.038] | 0.001∗ | 0.069 | [0.020–0.231] | 0.001∗∗ |
| No | 37 (15.2) | 206 (84.4) | ||||||
| Vaginal discharge | ||||||||
| Yes | 60 (84.5) | 11 (15.5) | ||||||
| No | 119 (36.1) | 211 (63.9) | 9.969 | [4.894–19.102] | 0.001∗ | 0.874 | [0.284–2.692] | 0.814 |
| Pain (painful sex, pelvic pain, dysuria) | ||||||||
| Yes | 93 (89.4) | 11 (10.6) | ||||||
| No | 86 (29) | 211 (71) | 20.743 | [10.579–40.673] | 0.001∗ | 1.956 | [0.483–7.926] | 0.347 |
| Knowledge of causes | ||||||||
| Yes | 40 (95.2) | 2 (4.8) | 0.032 | [0.008–0.133] | 0.001∗ | 0.094 | [0.016–0.546] | 0.008∗∗ |
| No | 139 (38.7) | 220 (61.3) | ||||||
| Knowledge of Screening program | ||||||||
| Yes | 142 (73.2) | 52 (26.8) | ||||||
| No | 37 (17.9) | 170 (82.1) | 12.546 | [7.788–20.210] | 0.001∗ | 0.861 | [0.262–2.829] | 0.805 |
| Knowledge of transmission mode | ||||||||
| Yes | 83 (79.8) | 21 (20.2) | ||||||
| No | 96 (32.3) | 201 (67.7) | 8.275 | [4.837–14.157] | 0.001∗ | 0.687 | [0.258–1.831] | 0.453 |
| Knowledge of treatment | ||||||||
| Yes | 138 (51.7) | 129 (48.3) | ||||||
| No | 41 (30.6) | 93 (69.4) | 2.426 | [1.564–3.762] | 0.001∗ | 0.488 | [0.225–1.057] | 0.069 |
| History of pap smear | ||||||||
| Never | 37 (15.7) | 199 (84.3) | ||||||
| More than 3 years | 86 (81.9) | 19 (18.1) | 0.041 | [0.022–0.075] | 0.001∗ | 0.629 | [0.168–2.361] | 0.492 |
| During last 3 years | 56 (93.3) | 4 (6.7) | 0.013 | [0.005–0.039] | 0.001∗ | 0.338 | [0.064–1.792] | 0.202 |
| Gynecological examination during last 3 years | ||||||||
| Yes | 149 (84.2) | 28 (15.8) | ||||||
| No | 30 (13.4) | 194 (86.6) | 34.412 | [19.705–60.095] | 0.001∗ | 4.517 | [1.295–15.762] | 0.018∗∗ |
| Practice of screening test | ||||||||
| Yes | 63 (87.5) | 9 (12.5) | ||||||
| No | 116 (35.3) | 213 (64.7) | 12.836 | [6.162–26.737] | 0.001∗ | 2.430 | [0.757–7.804] | 0.136 |
∗Model included variables that were significant on univariate analyses at p (0.20 level).
∗∗significant at p value ≤ 0.05.