Table 3. Mean ratings and standard deviation (SD) comparison between up-to-date and overdue/never screened women.
| Descriptive statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | p | |||
| Barriers | Fear of pain | Up-to-date | 6.34 | 3.06 | 0.7 |
| Barriers | Overdue/Never screened | 6.48 | 3.24 | ||
| Embarrassment | Up-to-date | 5.89 | 3.19 | 0.13 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.73 | 2.71 | |||
| Putting it off | Up-to-date | 5.68 | 3.06 | 0.09 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.24 | 2.78 | |||
| Competing demands for time | Up-to-date | 4.82 | 3.05 | 0.03 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.01 | 3.06 | |||
| Difficult making appointment | Up-to-date | 5.59 | 3 | 0.86 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 5.2 | 2.94 | |||
| Low perceived risk | Up-to-date | 4.6 | 2.88 | 0.38 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 5.47 | 3.07 | |||
| Negative previous experience | Up-to-date | 5.09 | 3.2 | 0.25 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 4.36 | 3.31 | |||
| Not necessary | Up-to-date | 2.73 | 2.5 | 0.24 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 3.77 | 2.77 | |||
| Additional costs | Up-to-date | 3.05 | 2.54 | 0.98 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 3.07 | 2.44 | |||
| Lack of support from family/friends | Up-to-date | 2.79 | 2.51 | 0.86 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 2.83 | 2.39 | |||
| Facilitators | Belief screening is potentially life-saving | Up-to-date | 9.46 | 1.08 | <.001 |
| Facilitators | Overdue/Never screened | 8.2 | 2.17 | ||
| Reassurance of finding out everything is OK | Up-to-date | 8.86 | 1.6 | 0.24 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 8.12 | 2.13 | |||
| Responsibility for keeping myself healthy | Up-to-date | 8.22 | 1.82 | <.001 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.47 | 2.82 | |||
| Recommended for women my age | Up-to-date | 7.56 | 2.35 | 0.07 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.37 | 2.63 | |||
| I can make an appointment at a time that suits me | Up-to-date | 6.48 | 3.08 | 0.04 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 7.14 | 2.74 | |||
| Knowing someone with/who has had cancer | Up-to-date | 6.83 | 2.95 | 0.77 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.54 | 2.96 | |||
| Positive previous experience | Up-to-date | 6.47 | 3.04 | 0.99 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 6.22 | 3.17 | |||
| Media support for screening | Up-to-date | 6.19 | 2.96 | 0.77 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 5.6 | 2.98 | |||
| Screening is routine for me | Up-to-date | 6.76 | 2.92 | 0.1 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 4.98 | 2.81 | |||
| Friends and family support screening | Up-to-date | 4.97 | 3.35 | 0.37 | |
| Overdue/Never screened | 5.38 | 2.87 |
Note: Up-to-date N = 128, Overdue/never screened N = 66; p values are the result of multivariable ANOVA comparisons with previous screening experience as the between subjects factor.