Table 1.
Reading breast screening information (women only): descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable binary logistic regression model
| Amount read of the breast screening leaflet: n (%)/M (SD) | Adjusted OR, 95% CI | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None of it | Some of it | About half of it | Most of it | All of it | Total | Read all of the leaflet | ||
| Characteristic | (n = 28; 10.2%) | (n = 43; 15.6%) | (n = 13; 4.7%) | (n = 44; 16.0%) | (n = 147; 53.5%) | (n = 275) | (vs. read less than all) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White British | 25 (10.2) | 37 (15.0) | 10 (4.1) | 37 (15.0) | 137 (55.7) | 246 | 3.28, 1.36 to 7.89 | .008 |
| vs. Other ethnic groups | 3 (10.3) | 6 (20.7) | 3 (10.3) | 7 (24.1) | 10 (34.5) | 29 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married or living as a couple | 15 (8.4) | 30 (16.9) | 9 (5.1) | 29 (16.3) | 95 (53.4) | 178 | 0.80, 0.45 to 1.42 | .802 |
| vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated | 13 (13.4) | 13 (13.4) | 4 (4.1) | 15 (15.5) | 52 (53.6) | 97 | ||
| Highest level of education | Overall: .150 | |||||||
| No formal qualifications | 11 (12.5) | 15 (17.0) | 6 (6.8) | 20 (22.7) | 36 (40.9) | 88 | 0.44, 0.19 to 1.01 | .052 |
| Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3 | 13 (10.5) | 15 (12.1) | 4 (3.2) | 21 (16.9) | 71 (57.3) | 124 | 0.60, 0.29 to 1.24 | .168 |
| vs. Approximately Level 4 | 4 (6.3) | 13 (20.6) | 3 (4.8) | 3 (4.8) | 40 (63.5) | 63 | ||
| Social class grade | Overall: .876 | |||||||
| Grade A or B | 7 (11.3) | 8 (12.9) | 4 (6.5) | 8 (12.9) | 35 (56.5) | 62 | 0.90, 0.40 to 2.07 | .811 |
| Grade C1 or C2 | 9 (7.4) | 20 (16.5) | 6 (5.0) | 16 (13.2) | 70 (57.9) | 121 | 1.08, 0.57 to 2.05 | .811 |
| vs. Grade D or E | 12 (13.0) | 15 (16.3) | 3 (3.3) | 20 (21.7) | 42 (45.7) | 92 | ||
| Personal diagnosis of cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 3 (14.3) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.8) | 4 (19.0) | 12 (57.1) | 21 | 0.90, 0.35 to 2.35 | .834 |
| vs. No | 25 (9.8) | 42 (16.5) | 12 (4.7) | 40 (15.7) | 135 (53.1) | 254 | ||
| Knows someone with cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 21 (10.4) | 32 (15.8) | 7 (3.5) | 29 (14.4) | 113 (55.9) | 202 | 1.23, 0.69 to 2.20 | .493 |
| vs. No | 7 (9.6) | 11 (15.1) | 6 (8.2) | 15 (20.5) | 34 (46.6) | 73 | ||
| Breast screening regularity | Overall: .014 | |||||||
| Never or very rarely attended… | 6 (35.3) | 4 (23.5) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (11.8) | 3 (17.6) | 17 | 0.16, 0.04 to 0.63 | .009 |
| Attended some or most of the time… | 1 (6.3) | 4 (25.0) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (18.8) | 6 (37.5) | 16 | 0.43, 0.14 to 1.30 | .135 |
| vs. Always attended before most recent invitation | 21 (8.7) | 35 (14.5) | 9 (3.7) | 39 (16.1) | 138 (57.0) | 242 | ||
| Age (in years) | 60.1 (5.7) | 61.7 (6.4) | 59.7 (5.5) | 62.2 (5.4) | 59.8 (6.1) | 60.5 (6.0) | 0.96, 0.92 to 1.00 | .048 |
| Decision-making styles | ||||||||
| Avoidant score | 12.3 (3.6) | 14.0 (4.2) | 14.9 (5.2) | 12.6 (3.2) | 12.5 (3.6) | 12.8 (3.8) | 0.97, 0.89 to 1.05 | .452 |
| Dependent score | 16.0 (3.9) | 17.3 (3.5) | 17.6 (4.6) | 16.1 (4.4) | 16.5 (3.8) | 16.6 (3.9) | 1.03, 0.96 to 1.11 | .434 |
| Intuitive score | 19.1 (2.5) | 18.2 (2.4) | 18.6 (3.3) | 19.3 (2.7) | 18.8 (2.8) | 18.8 (2.7) | 1.01, 0.91 to 1.12 | .892 |
| Rational score | 19.1 (3.0) | 20.0 (2.0) | 19.5 (3.0) | 19.1 (2.9) | 19.9 (2.9) | 19.7 (2.8) | 1.08, 0.97 to 1.19 | .151 |
| Spontaneous score | 14.9 (4.0) | 13.4 (3.3) | 15.2 (4.7) | 15.2 (4.7) | 13.8 (3.9) | 13.9 (3.7) | 1.03, 0.95 to 1.11 | .528 |
Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs are per unit increase in the case of continuous variables; p-values <.05 are in bold; all predictor variables are included in the model