Table 3.
Demographic predictors of cervical cancer awareness, risk perception, stigma, and prior screening
| Awareness of VIA | Perception of risk | Stigma | Previously screened | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | |
| Age >35 years | 0.8 (0.3–1.6) | 1.5 (1.1–2.2)* | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) | 0.6 (0.6–0.6)*** | 0.5 (0.2–1.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6)*** | 1.6 (0.5–4.8) | 1.2 (0.4–3.7) |
| Education beyond primary school | 1.4 (0.6–3.1) | 1.5 (1.2–1.9)*** | 1.3 (0.6–3.1) | 1.2 (1.0–1.3)* | 1.4 (0.5–4.0) | 1.6 (1.0–2.7) | 0.9 (0.3–2.7) | 0.9 (0.3–2.6) |
| Duration HIV+ >5 years | 0.8 (0.4–1.8) | – | 2.4 (1.0–5.7)* | 3.2 (1.2–8.6)* | 1.1 (0.4–3.2) | – | 4.1 (1.2–13.7)* | 4.0 (1.2–13.8)* |
| Health facility primary source of health info | 0.5 (0.2–1.7) | – | 0.7 (0.1–2.8) | – | 0.4 (0.1–1.5) | 0.3 (0.3–0.4)*** | 0.4 (0.1–3.6) | – |
| Sexual debut >17 years | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | – | 1.9 (0.8–4.9) | 2.1 (1.6–2.9)*** | 1.2 (0.4–3.5) | – | 0.6 (0.2–1.9) | – |
| Knows someone who had cervical cancer | 1.5 (0.6–3.9) | – | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 0.5 (0.3–0.8)** | 2.4 (0.8–7.5) | – | 1.1 (0.3–4.2) | |
| Cervical cancer screeneda | 5.6 (1.2–26.1)* | 6.1 (1.7–21.8)** | 1.1 (0.3–3.3) | – | 0.5 (0.2–2.0) | – | – | – |
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001
a
Bivariate and multivariate analyses of outcomes variables (awareness, risk, and stigma) as predictors of prior screening