Table 2.
Characteristics of Community Health Workers and HPV-positive women.
| Total population | Intervention group | Control group | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHWs characteristics1 | ||||
| Total (n) | 221 | 132 | 89 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 40 (18·1%) | 26 (19·7) | 14 (15·7%) | 0·45 |
| Female | 181 (81·9%) | 106 (80·3%) | 75 (84·3%) | |
| Area | ||||
| Urban | 165 (74·7%) | 99 (75·0%) | 66 (74·2%) | 0·88 |
| Rural | 56 (25·3%) | 33 (25·0%) | 23 (25·8%) | |
| HPV-positive women characteristics2 | ||||
| Total (n) | 737 | 445 | 292 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 42·44 (11·01) | 42·38 (11·03) | 42·52 (10·97) | 0.87 |
| 30-39 | 360 (48·8%) | 218 (49%) | 142 (48·6%) | 0.66 |
| 40-49 | 185 (25·1%) | 110 (24·7%) | 75 (25·7%) | |
| 50-64 | 153 (20·8%) | 95 (21·3%) | 58 (19·9%) | |
| 65+ | 39 (5·3%) | 22 (4·9%) | 17 (5·8%) | |
| Area | ||||
| Urban | 600 (81·4%) | 353 (79·3%) | 247 (84·6%) | 0.77 |
| Rural | 137 (18·6%) | 92 (20·7%) | 45 (15·4%) | |
| Education (c) | ||||
| Never went to school/Primary (incomplete) | 54 (7·3%) | 40 (9%) | 14 (4·8%) | 0.83 |
| Primary / Secondary (incomplete) | 251 (34·1%) | 143 (32·1%) | 108 (37%) | |
| Secondary /Tertiary (incomplete/complete) | 432 (58·6%) | 262 (58·9%) | 170 (58·2%) | |
| Overcrowding (>3 people/room) | ||||
| Yes | 128 (17·4%) | 82 (18·4%) | 46 (15·8%) | 0·38 |
| No | 609 (82·6%) | 363 (81·6%) | 246 (84·2%) | |
| Household with children younger than 5 | ||||
| Yes | 290 (39·3%) | 172 (38·7%) | 118 (40·4%) | 0·60 |
| No | 447 (60·7%) | 273 (61·3%) | 174 (59·6%) | |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Public | 618 (83·9%) | 371 (83·4%) | 247 (84·6%) | 0.68 |
| Private/social security | 119 (16·1%) | 74 (16·6%) | 45 (15·4%) | |
| Screening in the last 10 years | ||||
| No | 322 (43·7%) | 189 (42·5%) | 133 (45·5%) | 0.44 |
| Yes | 415 (56·3%) | 256 (57·5%) | 159 (54·5%) | |
| Shared phones with other family members | ||||
| Yes | 94 (12·8%) | 60 (13·5%) | 34 (11·6%) | 0·59 |
| No | 643 (87·2%) | 385 (86·5%) | 258 (88·4%) | |
| Mobile phone plan3 | ||||
| Pre-paid plan | 375 (51·2%) | 221 (49·8%) | 154 (52·7%) | 0·53 |
| Monthly plan | 359 (48·8%) | 223 (50·2%) | 136 (46·6%) | |
| Had Personal Computer (≥1 per household) | ||||
| Yes | 317 (43·2%) | 177 (39·8%) | 140 (48·4%) | 0·086 |
| No | 417 (56·8%) | 268 (60·2%) | 149 (51·6%) | |
| Had Internet access at home4 | ||||
| Yes | 410 (55·7%) | 243 (54·7%) | 167 (57·2%) | 0·90 |
| No | 326 (44·3%) | 201 (45·3%) | 125 (42·8%) | |
| Mobile phone with internet access | ||||
| Yes | 642 (87·1%) | 387 (87%) | 255 (87·3%) | 0·92 |
| No | 95 (12·9%) | 58 (13%) | 37 (12·7%) | |
| Use of social networks | ||||
| Yes | 656 (89·0%) | 396 (89·0%) | 260 (89·0%) | 0·86 |
| No | 81 (11·0%) | 49 (11·0%) | 32 (11·0%) |
1
p-value, Chi-square test.
2
p-value from a generalized estimating equation model controlling for CHWs clustering, binary distribution or multinomial distribution according to outcome distribution.
3
3 missing.
4
1 missing.
CHWs: community health workers.