Table 3.
Reading bowel screening information: descriptive statistics, adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in the multivariable ordinal logistic regression model
| Amount read of the bowel 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 more of the leaflet | ||
| Characteristic | (n = 13; 4.2%) | (n = 44; 14.2%) | (n = 14; 4.5%) | (n = 63; 20.4%) | (n = 175; 56.6%) | (n = 309) | (i.e. any amount more) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 8 (5.0) | 28 (17.5) | 7 (4.4) | 31 (19.4) | 86 (53.8) | 160 | 0.79, 0.50 to 1.27 | .338 |
| vs. Female (reference category) | 5 (3.4) | 16 (10.7) | 7 (4.7) | 32 (21.5) | 89 (59.7) | 149 | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White British | 10 (3.5) | 41 (14.5) | 11 (3.9) | 57 (20.2) | 163 (57.8) | 282 | 2.58, 1.20 to 5.56 | .015 |
| vs. Other ethnic groups | 3 (11.1) | 3 (11.1) | 3 (11.1) | 6 (22.2) | 12 (44.4) | 27 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married or living as a couple | 4 (1.9) | 23 (11.1) | 10 (4.8) | 45 (21.7) | 125 (60.4) | 207 | 1.65, 0.99 to 2.76 | .056 |
| vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated | 9 (8.8) | 21 (20.6) | 4 (3.9) | 18 (17.6) | 50 (49.0) | 102 | ||
| Highest level of education | Overall: .003 | |||||||
| No formal qualifications | 8 (7.1) | 18 (16.1) | 5 (4.5) | 27 (24.1) | 54 (48.2) | 112 | 0.30, 0.14 to 0.64 | .002 |
| Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3 | 4 (3.2) | 21 (16.9) | 4 (3.2) | 27 (21.8) | 68 (54.8) | 124 | 0.31, 0.15 to 0.40 | .001 |
| vs. Approximately Level 4 | 1 (1.4) | 5 (6.8) | 5 (6.8) | 9 (12.3) | 53 (72.6) | 73 | ||
| Social class grade | Overall: .907 | |||||||
| Grade A or B | 3 (3.5) | 10 (11.6) | 4 (4.7) | 13 (15.1) | 56 (65.1) | 86 | 0.92, 0.45 to 1.88 | .916 |
| Grade C1 or C2 | 5 (4.1) | 11 (9.1) | 4 (3.3) | 32 (26.4) | 69 (57.0) | 121 | 1.06, 0.61 to 1.85 | .844 |
| vs. Grade D or E | 5 (4.9) | 23 (22.5) | 6 (5.9) | 18 (17.6) | 50 (49.0) | 102 | ||
| Personal diagnosis of cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) | 10 (28.6) | 19 (54.3) | 35 | 1.18, 0.5 to 2.48 | .662 |
| vs. No | 11 (4.0) | 42 (15.3) | 12 (4.4) | 53 (19.3) | 156 (56.9) | 274 | ||
| Knows someone with cancer | ||||||||
| Yes | 8 (3.9) | 23 (11.3) | 6 (2.9) | 37 (18.1) | 130 (63.7) | 204 | 1.84, 1.13 to 2.99 | .014 |
| vs. No | 5 (4.8) | 21 (20.0) | 8 (7.6) | 26 (24.8) | 45 (42.9) | 105 | ||
| Bowel screening regularity | Overall: <.0005 | |||||||
| Never or very rarely attended… | 7 (11.3) | 14 (22.6) | 4 (6.5) | 12 (19.4) | 25 (40.3) | 62 | 0.34, 0.19 to 0.59 | <.0005 |
| Attended some or most of the time… | 1 (5.3) | 2 (10.5) | 2 (10.5) | 7 (36.8) | 7 (36.8) | 19 | 0.43, 0.18 to 1.04 | .061 |
| vs. Always attended before most recent invitation | 5 (2.2) | 28 (12.3) | 8 (3.5) | 44 (19.3) | 143 (62.7) | 228 | ||
| Age (in years) | 65.5 (2.8) | 67.3 (2.6) | 65.8 (3.8) | 65.8 (2.9) | 65.4 (3.3) | 65.8 (3.2) | 0.92, 0.85 to 0.99 | .029 |
| Decision-making style | ||||||||
| Avoidant score | 13.1 (3.1) | 13.5 (3.9) | 13.9 (3.8) | 13.0 (3.5) | 12.6 (3.4) | 12.9 (3.5) | 0.96, 0.89 to 1.04 | .298 |
| Dependent score | 15.4 (4.7) | 16.5 (3.5) | 16.8 (4.6) | 16.0 (4.1) | 16.5 (3.5) | 16.4 (3.7) | 1.04, 0.97 to 1.11 | .291 |
| Intuitive score | 18.1 (3.4) | 18.3 (2.8) | 18.9 (2.6) | 18.8 (2.8) | 18.5 (2.6) | 18.6 (2.7) | 1.10, 1.00 to 1.22 | .061 |
| Rational score | 18.2 (4.0) | 19.3 (2.9) | 19.1 (2.1) | 19.8 (2.2) | 20.0 (2.1) | 19.8 (2.4) | 1.11, 1.00 to 1.23 | .045 |
| Spontaneous score | 15.5 (4.4) | 14.5 (3.6) | 14.9 (3.9) | 13.5 (3.0) | 13.2 (3.4) | 13.6 (3.4) | 0.93, 0.86 to 1.00 | .051 |
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