Table 4.
Factors associated with treatment uptake in bivariate analysis among women in a prospective study in Migori, Kenya, between February and November 2018 (n=551).
Characteristic | Treatment uptake | No treatment uptake | Crude risk ratio (95% CI) | ||||
Age (years), mean (SD) | 36.4 (10.6) | 35.5 (10.6) | 1.00 (1.00-1.01) | ||||
Education level, n (%) | |||||||
|
Primary school or less | 224 (48.6) | 237 (51.4) | —a | |||
|
Some secondary school | 54 (60) | 36 (40) | 1.23 (1.02-1.50) | |||
Number of children, mean (SD) | 4.5 (2.8) | 4.1 (2.7) | 1.02 (1.00-1.05) | ||||
Work outside of home, n (%) | |||||||
|
No | 110 (46.6) | 126 (53.4) | — | |||
|
Yes | 168 (53.3) | 147 (46.7) | 1.14 (0.96-1.36) | |||
Missed work to attend screening, n (%) | |||||||
|
No | 165 (45.8) | 195 (54.2) | — | |||
|
Yes | 113 (59.2) | 78 (40.8) | 1.29 (1.10-1.52) | |||
Told by family to attend screening, n (%) | |||||||
|
No | 96 (46.2) | 112 (53.8) | — | |||
|
Yes | 182 (53.1) | 161 (46.9) | 1.15 (0.96-1.37) | |||
Previous cervical cancer screening, n (%) | |||||||
|
No | 228 (48.5) | 242 (51.5) | — | |||
|
Yes | 50 (61.7) | 31 (38.3) | 1.27 (1.05-1.55) | |||
Currently using family planning or contraception, n (%) | |||||||
|
No | 151 (49.5) | 154 (50.5) | — | |||
|
Yes | 124 (52.5) | 112 (47.5) | 1.06 (0.90-1.25) | |||
|
Not sexually active | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | 0.45 (0.13-1.53) | |||
Frequency of mobile phone use, n (%) | |||||||
|
<7 days a week | 18 (38.3) | 29 (61.7) | — | |||
|
7 days a week | 212 (51.5) | 200 (48.5) | 1.34 (0.92-1.95) |
aReference category.