Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of all the factors associated with colonoscopy acceptance as the second-level screening.
| Factors Associated with Colonoscopy Compliance as Second-Level Screening after a Positive FOBT | Crude OR (cOR) |
p | Adjusted OR (aOR) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (male vs. female) | 0.82 | 0.56 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Age (≥64 vs. <64 years old) | 1.09 | 0.80 | 0.99 | 0.97 |
| Residence (suburb vs. metropolitan city) | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.65 | 0.29 |
| Education (primary school vs. nothing) | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.1 | 0.24 |
| Education (middle school vs. nothing) | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| Education (high school vs. nothing) | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.13 |
| Education (university vs. nothing) | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.11 | 0.28 |
| Marital status (spouse vs. single) | 1.74 | 0.49 | 1.98 | 0.46 |
| Marital status (divorced vs. single) | 1.35 | 0.77 | 2.02 | 0.55 |
| Marital status (widowed vs. single) | 0.56 | 0.66 | 0.6 | 0.74 |
| Marital status (cohabitant vs. single) | 1 | - | ||
| Working status (employed vs. unemployed) | 0.94 | 0.94 | ||
| Working status (housewife vs. unemployed) | 0.81 | 0.82 | ||
| Working status (artisan/retailer vs. unemployed) | 0.96 | 0.97 | ||
| Working status (self-employed vs. unemployed) | 0.5 | 0.62 | ||
| Working status (retired from work vs. unemployed) | 0.86 | 0.86 | ||
| Source of information on oncological screening (general practitioner vs. nothing) |
2.81 | 0.34 | 1.65 | 0.66 |
| Source of information on oncological screening (friends vs. nothing) | 1 | - | ||
| Source of information on oncological screening (the Internet vs. nothing) |
4 | 0.31 | 2.44 | 0.54 |
| Source of information on oncological screening (other healthcare workers vs. nothing) |
4.8 | 0.22 | 4.5 | 0.29 |
| Source of information on oncological screening (mass media vs. nothing) |
1 | |||
| Healthcare professionals’ availability and clarity (little vs. never) | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.48 |
| Healthcare professionals’ availability and clarity (enough vs. never) | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.61 |
| Healthcare professionals’ availability and clarity (much vs. never) | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 0.96 |
| Healthcare professionals’ availability and clarity (too much vs. never) | 1 | |||
| HBM perceived susceptibility score <2 versus ≥2 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.41 | 0.17 |
| HBM perceived severity score <2 versus ≥2 | 2.8 | 0.07 | 1.81 | 0.44 |
| HBM perceived barrier score <2 versus ≥2 | 0.71 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.21 |
| HBM perceived benefits score <2 versus ≥2 | 4.02 | 0.03 | 6.7 | 0.03 |
| Health belief model total score <7 versus ≥7 | 1.47 | 0.29 | 1.59 | 0.5 |