Table 3.
The association between concern for the symptom and healthcare-seeking, stratified by gynaecological alarm symptoms
| Healthcare-seeking for pelvic pain | Healthcare-seeking for pain during intercourse | Healthcare-seeking for bleeding during intercourse | Healthcare-seeking for postmenopausal bleeding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR (95%-CI) |
Adjusted OR a (95%-CI) | Crude OR (95%-CI) |
Adjusted OR a (95%-CI) | Crude OR (95%-CI) |
Adjusted OR a (95%-CI) | Crude OR (95%-CI) |
Adjusted OR a (95%-CI) | |
| Age: | ||||||||
| <40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 40-59 | 1.06 (0.90;1.24) | 1.24 (0.99;1.55) | 1.26 (0.86;1.86) | 1 | ||||
| ≥60 | 1.71 (1.33;2.19) | 1.26 (0.93;1.70) | 2.19 (1.22;3.93) | 1.66 (0.99;2.77) | ||||
| Concern for the symptom: | ||||||||
| Not at all | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slightly | 2.30 (1.83;2.89) | 2.24 (1.78;2.82) | 0.88 (0.65;1.19) | 0,87 (0.64;1.17) | 1.67 (1.00;2.78) | 1.63 (0.97;2.73) | 1.88 (1.02;3.45) | 2.08 (1.12;3.88) |
| Moderate | 5.67 (4.46;7.21) | 5.51 (4.32;7.02) | 2.01 (1.46;2.76) | 2.00 (1.45;2.75) | 2.84 (1.58;5.08) | 2.93 (1.63;5.30) | 3.20 (1.47;6.94) | 3.24 (1.48;7.09) |
| Quite a bit | 7.45 (5.64;9.84) | 7.28 (5.50;9.63) | 2.75 (1.96;3.86) | 2.78 (1.98;3.90) | 4.71 (2.52;8.79) | 5.17 (2.74;9.76) | 16.31 (5.18;51.39) | 17.63 (5.53;56.14) |
| Extremely | 18.01 (12.34;26.29) | 17.78 (12.18;25.97) | 5.64 (3.78;8.41) | 5.88 (3.94;8.79) | 5.01 (2.44;10.28) | 5.73 (2.75;11.94) | 17.91 (4.89;65.61) | 18.14 (4.91;67.04) |
Bold denotes significant results
OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
a Adjusted for age