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. 2022 Jun 7;8(6):e28885. doi: 10.2196/28885

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.