Table 4.
Reasons women opted for self-collection or a health professional, stratified by age, including absolute and relative frequencies and a confidence interval of 95% (CI 95%)
| ≤ 29 years | 30–49 years | ≥ 50 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (CI95%) | N | % (CI 95%) | N | % (CI 95%) | |
| Less pain or discomforta | ||||||
| No | 18 | 58.1 (40.6–74.1) | 30 | 50.8 (38.3–63.3) | 9 | 64.3 (38.5–84.9) |
| Yes | 13 | 41.9 (25.9–59.4) | 29 | 49.2 (36.7–61.7) | 5 | 35.7 (15.1–61.5) |
| Less shame or embarrassmenta | ||||||
| No | 15 | 48.4 (31.6–65.5) | 38 | 64.4 (51.7–75.7) | 6 | 42.9 (20.3–68.1) |
| Yes | 16 | 51.6 (34.5–68.4) | 21 | 35.6 (24.3–48.3) | 8 | 57.1 (31.9–79.7) |
| Practicalitya | ||||||
| No | 12 | 38.7 (23.2–56.2) | 24 | 40.7 (28.8–53.4) | 3 | 21.4 (6.4–46.9) |
| Yes | 19 | 61.3 (43.8–76.8) | 35 | 59.3 (46.6–71.2) | 11 | 78.6 (53.1–93.6) |
| Self-collection at home/BHF/Laba | ||||||
| No | 21 | 67.7 (50.3–82.1) | 28 | 47.5 (35.1–60.1) | 8 | 57.1 (31.9–79.7) |
| Yes | 10 | 32.3 (17.9–49.7) | 31 | 52.5 (39.9–64.9) | 6 | 42.9 (20.3–68.1) |
| Afraid of not collecting it correctlyb | ||||||
| No | 29 | 93.5 (80.9–98.6) | 54 | 91.5 (82.4–96.7) | 13 | 92.9 (71.2–99.2) |
| Yes | 2 | 6.5 (1.4–19.1) | 5 | 8.5 (3.3–17.6) | 1 | 7.1 (0.8–28.8) |
| The health professional can do it betterb | ||||||
| No | 29 | 93.5 (80.9–98.6) | 53 | 88.3 (78.5–94.6) | 14 | 100 |
| Yes | 2 | 6.5 (1.4–19.1) | 7 | 11.7 (5.4–21.5) | 0 | – |
a Variables checked by the women who opted for self-collection
b Variables checked by the women who opted for a health professional