Table 3.
Preventive care measures with or without usual source of primary care
| Measure | Has usual source of primary care (n=1011) |
No usual source of primary care (n=746) |
Adjusted mean difference (95% CI)* | P value | ||
| n | Mean, % (95% CI) | n | Mean, % (95% CI) | |||
| Overall composite | 1011 | 43.9 (42.7 to 45.1) | 746 | 33.9 (32.4 to 35.3) | 7.2 (5.2 to 9.1) | <0.001 |
| Screening composite | 1011 | 56.3 (54.8 to 57.8) | 746 | 45.0 (43.0 to 47.0) | 7.0 (4.4 to 9.6) | <0.001 |
| Colorectal cancer screening | 657 | 67.1 (63.5 to 70.7) | 375 | 51.5 (46.4 to 56.5) | ||
| Breast cancer screening | 296 | 51.0 (45.3 to 56.7) | 130 | 50.8 (42.1 to 59.5) | ||
| Cervical cancer screening | 357 | 62.5 (57.4 to 67.5) | 298 | 58.1 (52.4 to 63.7) | ||
| Hypertension screening | 1011 | 87.8 (85.8 to 89.9) | 746 | 70.6 (67.4 to 73.9) | ||
| Abnormal blood glucose screening | 190 | 84.2 (79.0 to 89.4) | 99 | 69.7 (60.5 to 78.9) | ||
| Osteoporosis screening | 165 | 77.6 (71.1 to 84.0) | 44 | 63.6 (48.8 to 78.4) | ||
| Depression screening | 1011 | 11.2 (9.2 to 13.1) | 746 | 7.8 (5.8 to 9.7) | ||
| Immunisation composite | 1011 | 28.6 (27.1 to 30.1) | 746 | 20.8 (19.1 to 22.6) | 7.9 (5.4 to 10.3) | <0.001 |
| Influenza vaccination | 1011 | 59.8 (56.8 to 62.9) | 746 | 41.6 (38.0 to 45.1) | ||
| Pneumococcal vaccination | 305 | 55.4 (49.8 to 61.0) | 93 | 44.1 (33.8 to 54.4) | ||
| Zoster vaccination | 616 | 1.9 (0.9 to 3.0) | 282 | 2.5 (0.7 to 4.3) | ||
| Tetanus vaccination | 1011 | 5.2 (3.9 to 6.6) | 746 | 3.6 (2.3 to 5.0) | ||
| Counselling composite | 494 | 44.5 (40.4 to 48.6) | 338 | 26.9 (22.4 to 31.5) | 8.0 (1.6 to 14.3) | 0.014 |
| Smoking cessation counselling | 148 | 46.6 (38.5 to 54.8) | 117 | 25.6 (17.6 to 33.7) | ||
| Alcohol use counselling | 226 | 24.8 (19.1 to 30.5) | 176 | 19.9 (13.9 to 25.8) | ||
| Weight loss counselling | 276 | 62.0 (56.2 to 67.7) | 154 | 38.3 (30.5 to 46.1) | ||
*Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, years of education, employment status, annual household income, smoking status, BMI, health literacy, number of chronic conditions and EQ-5D-5L; positive difference: participants with primary care received more preventive service.
BMI, body mass index; EQ-5D-5L, five-level version of the EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire.