Table 4.
The association between age, concern for current health and healthcare-seeking
| Healthcare-seeking regarding minimum one gynaecological alarm symptom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Crude OR (95%-CI) |
Adjusted ORa (95%-CI) |
Adjusted ORb (95%-CI) |
Adjusted ORc (95%-CI) |
|
| Age: | |||||
| <40 | 546 (24.1) | 1 | |||
| 40-59 | 577 (27.3) | 1.18 (1.03;1.35) | |||
| ≥60 | 221 (34.4) | 1.65 (1.36;1.99) | |||
| Concern about current health: | |||||
| Not at all | 312 (24.7) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slightly | 599 (26.0) | 1.07 (0.91;1.25) | 1.07 (0.91;1.25) | 1.06 (0.90;1.24) | 1.05 (0.89;1.24) |
| Moderate | 230 (27.7) | 1.17 (0.96;1.43) | 1.15 (0.95;1.41) | 1.13 (0.92;1.39) | 1.13 (0.91;1.40) |
| Quite a bit | 156 (32.3) | 1.46 (1.16;1.83) | 1.43 (1.14;1.80) | 1.33 (1.03;1.71) | 1.38 (1.06;1.78) |
| Extremely | 47 (34.6) | 1.61 (1.11;2.35) | 1.56 (1.07;2.28) | 1.45 (0.98;2.16) | 1.51 (1.01;2.25) |
| Doctor concern about current health: | |||||
| Yes | 181 (33.6) | 1.45 (1.20;1.75) | |||
| No + I don’t know | 1163 (26.0) | 1 | |||
| Family or social network concern about current health: | |||||
| Yes | 417 (29.4) | 1.20 (1.05;1.38) | |||
| No + I don’t know | 927 (25.7) | 1 | |||
a Adjusted for age
b Adjusted for doctor concern about current health
c Adjusted for family or social network concern about current health