Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis for factors associated with screening uptake in Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2019 (N = 464)

Variables		Uptake n (%)		COR (95% CI)	p-value	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
		No	Yes
Age group	30–34	187 (48.2)	36 (47.4)	1	1	1	1
	35–39	134 (34.5)	16 (21)	0.62 (0.33,1.16)	0.13	0.9 (0.29, 0.77)	0.86
	40–44	42 (10.8)	13 (17.1)	1.6 (0.78, 3.29)	0.19	4.0 (1.15,14.07)	0.03
	45–49	25 (6.5)	11 (14.5)	2.2 (1.03, 5.05)	0.04	3.5 (0.85,14.40)	0.08
Education	No education	277 (71.4)	33 (43.4)	1	1	1	1
	Primary & above	111 (28.6)	43 (56.6)	3.2 (1.96, 5.38)	< 0.001	5.3 (2.20, 13.0)	< 0.001
Perceived benefit	Low	99 (25.5)	11 (14.5)	1	1	1	1
	High	289 (74.5)	65 (85.5)	2.0 (1.02, 3.99)	0.04	0.57 (0.20,1.61)	0.29
Perceived susceptibility	Low	344 (88.7)	19 (25)	1	1	1	1
	High	44 (11.3)	57 (75)	23.4 (12.7,43.0)	< 0.001	6.5 (2.72,15.51)	< 0.001
Perceived barrier	Low	225 (57.9)	10 (13.2)	9.1 (4.54,18.25)	< 0.001	6.4 (2.30,17.80)	< 0.001
	High	163 (42.1)	66 (86.8)	1	1	1	1
Perceived severity	Low	98 (25.3)	6 (7.9)	1	1	1	1
	High	290 (74.7)	70 (92.1)	3.9 (1.66, 9.36)	0.002	3.4 (1.01,11.65)	0.04
Cues to action	Low	333 (85.8)	23 (30.3)	1	1	1	1
	High	55 (14.2)	53 (69.7)	25.8 (13.9,47.8)	< 0.001	4.5 (1.86, 11.3)	0.001
Perceived self-efficacy	Low	308 (79.4)	26 (34.2)	1	1	1	1
	High	80 (20.6)	50 (65.8)	12 (7.07, 21.83)	< 0.001	5 (2.16,11.6)	< 0.001
Knowledge status	Low	350 (90.2)	33 (43.4)	1	1	1	1
	High	38 (9.8)	43 (56.6)	12 (6.83, 21.03)	< 0.001	8.4 (3.33,21.21)	< 0.001
Previously told about screening	No	260 (67)	34 (44.7)	1	1	1	1
	Yes	128 (33)	42 (55.3)	2.5 (1.52, 4.13)	< 0.001	2.7 (1.15, 6.51)	0.02
Knew the screening site	No	328 (84.5)	56 (73.7)	1	1	1	1
	Yes	60 (15.5)	20 (26.3)	1.9 (1.09, 3.48)	0.02	1.1 (0.39, 3.03)	0.85

NB: COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval