Table 3.
Unadjusted Associations Between Medical Mistrust, Racism and Preventive Health Screening Delay Type
| Characteristic | Type of Preventive Screening Delay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine Check-up | Blood Pressure Screening | Cholesterol Screening | |||||||
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Everyday Racism† | 1.51 | (1.30,1.76) | <.0001 | 1.73 | 1.46–2.04 | <.0001 | 1.25 | 1.04–1.51 | 0.02 |
| Perceived Racism in Healthcare‡ | 1.77 | (1.17, 2.68) | 0.01 | 1.48 | 0.95–2.28 | 0.08 | 1.45 | 0.87–2.41 | 0.15 |
| Medical MistrustΔ | 2.76 | (1.70, 4.47) | <.0001 | 2.50 | 1.49–4.19 | <.0001 | 1.45 | 0.81–2.60 | 0.22 |
Note. CI = Confidence Interval; SD= Standard Deviation; OR= Odds Ratio; CES-D= Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
Average of 18-items on a 5-point likert scale. Higher scores indicate more frequent experiences of everyday racism.
Average of 16-items on a 4-point likert scale. Higher scores indicate greater perceived racism in healthcare.
Average of 14-items on a 4-point likert scale. Higher scores indicate greater mistrust of medical organizations.
Routine check-up delay = No routine check-up in the past year; Blood pressure screening delay = No blood pressure screening in the past year; Cholesterol screening delay = No cholesterol screening in the past five years.