Table 3.
Adoption of breast cancer prevention modalities: A summary of the findings
| Characteristics | 95% C.I. for EXP(B) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background factors | Coefficient B | Standard Error S.E. | Wald | Sig. | OR Exp(B) | Lower | Upper |
| Age | |||||||
| < 30 years | .276 | .701 | .155 | .693 | 1.32 | .33 | 5.21 |
| 31–50 years | .297 | .665 | .200 | .655 | 1.35 | .37 | 4.96 |
| Religion | |||||||
| Anglican | −.094 | .557 | .029 | .865 | .91 | .31 | 2.71 |
| Roman catholic | −.309 | .567 | .298 | .585 | .73 | .24 | 2.23 |
| Muslim | −.152 | .546 | .077 | .781 | .86 | .30 | 2.50 |
| Education | 11.310 | .010 | |||||
| None | 1.043 | .619 | 2.837 | .092 | 2.84 | .84 | 9.55 |
| Primary | 1.710 | .516 | 10.960 | .001 | 5.53 | 2.01 | 15.21 |
| Secondary | 1.322 | .505 | 6.862 | .009 | 3.75 | 1.40 | 10.09 |
| Residence | 8.309 | .016 | |||||
| Urban | −2.095 | 1.146 | 3.342 | .068 | .12 | .01 | 1.16 |
| Semi urban | −.887 | 1.145 | .600 | .438 | .41 | .04 | 3.88 |
| Knowledge base factors | |||||||
| Heard of Breast Cancer (yes) | .437 | .868 | .254 | .614 | 1.55 | .28 | 8.49 |
| Told by someone (yes) | −.051 | .377 | .018 | .893 | .95 | .45 | 1.99 |
| Health facility (yes) | .075 | .398 | .035 | .851 | 1.08 | .49 | 2.35 |
| Knew someone with BC(yes) | −.071 | .341 | .043 | .835 | .93 | .48 | 1.82 |
| Risk of breast cancer | −1.080 | .393 | 7.547 | .006 | .34 | .16 | .73 |
| Growing old(yes) | .814 | .738 | 1.214 | .271 | 2.26 | .53 | 9.59 |
| Family history of BC(yes) | .218 | .716 | .093 | .760 | 1.24 | .31 | 5.07 |
| Eating fatty foods(yes) | −1.389 | .750 | 3.424 | .064 | .25 | .06 | 1.09 |
| Drinking alcohol (yes) | .141 | .645 | .048 | .827 | 1.15 | .33 | 4.08 |
| Know how to reduce chances of BC(yes) | .769 | .436 | 3.115 | .078 | 2.16 | .92 | 5.07 |
| Eating fruits (yes) | −2.280 | 1.080 | 4.461 | .035 | .10 | .01 | .85 |
| Reduce alcohol intake (yes) | −1.650 | .716 | 5.308 | .021 | .19 | .05 | .78 |
| Avoid radiation (yes) | −.748 | 1.136 | .434 | .510 | .47 | .05 | 4.39 |
| Know how to check for signs of BC(yes) | −3.719 | .509 | 53.428 | .000 | .02 | .01 | .07 |
| Clinical breast examination (yes) | .913 | .355 | 6.625 | .010 | 2.49 | 1.24 | 4.10 |
| Have breast ultra sound (yes) | .894 | 1.671 | .286 | .593 | 2.45 | .09 | 64.68 |
| Have a mammogram done (yes) | .172 | 1.173 | .021 | .884 | 1.19 | .12 | 11.82 |
| Know all signs of BC(yes) | −.486 | .475 | 1.048 | .306 | .62 | .24 | 1.56 |
| Small swelling on the breast (yes) | −1.039 | .430 | 5.854 | .016 | .35 | .15 | .82 |
| Swollen breast (yes) | .328 | .542 | .366 | .545 | 1.39 | .48 | 4.01 |
| Abnormal nipple discharge (yes) | −1.295 | .708 | 3.345 | .067 | .27 | .07 | 1.10 |
| Self breast examination (yes) | −1.423 | .671 | 4.494 | .034 | .24 | .07 | .90 |
| Examined by a Clinician (yes) | −.361 | .583 | .383 | .536 | .70 | .22 | 2.18 |
| Doing a biopsy (yes) | −.478 | .660 | .525 | .469 | .62 | .17 | 2.26 |
| Don’t know what to do | −.320 | .625 | .261 | .609 | .73 | .21 | 2.48 |
| Availability of BC treatment (yes) | .653 | .487 | 1.799 | .180 | 1.92 | .74 | 4.99 |
| Provided at the health facility (yes) | −.303 | .459 | .435 | .510 | .74 | .30 | 1.82 |
| Constant | 4.424 | 1.686 | 6.887 | .009 | 83.45 | ||
−2 Log likelihood 294.388
Cox & Snell R2 0.450
Nagelkerke R2 0.617