Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the respondents and ratio of experienced delays for health screening and non-urgent medical visits.
| Total | Delays in health screening (N = 2097) |
Delays in non-urgent medical visits (Elective and non-chronic conditions) (N = 2097) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, No (%) | No, No (%) | p-value | Yes, No (%) | No, No (%) | p-value | ||
| 540 (25.8) | 1557 (74.2) | 159 (7.6) | 1938 (92.4) | ||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 1058 (50.5) | 226 (21.4) | 832 (78.6) | < 0.001 | 67 (6.3) | 991 (93.7) | 0.03 |
| Female | 1039 (49.6) | 314 (30.2) | 725 (69.8) | 92 (8.9) | 947 (91.2) | ||
| Age | |||||||
| 19–29 | 377 (18.0) | 71 (18.8) | 306 (81.2) | 0.07 | 29 (7.7) | 348 (92.3) | 0.07 |
| 30–39 | 411 (19.6) | 104 (25.3) | 307 (74.7) | 41 (10.0) | 370 (90.0) | ||
| 40–49 | 485 (23.1) | 152 (31.3) | 333 (68.7) | 40 (8.3) | 445 (91.8) | ||
| 50–59 | 479 (22.8) | 130 (27.1) | 349 (72.9) | 28 (5.9) | 451 (94.2) | ||
| ≥ 60 | 345 (16.5) | 83 (24.1) | 262 (75.9) | 21 (6.1) | 324 (93.9) | ||
| Region | |||||||
| Seoul metropolitan area | 401 (19.1) | 125 (31.2) | 276 (68.8) | 0.022 | 39 (9.7) | 362 (90.3) | 0.19 |
| Daegu-Gyeongbuk area | 196 (9.4) | 48 (24.5) | 148 (75.5) | 13 (6.6) | 183 (93.4) | ||
| Others | 1500 (71.5) | 367 (24.5) | 1133 (75.5) | 107 (7.1) | 1393 (92.9) | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 755 (36.0) | 157 (20.8) | 598 (79.2) | 0.001 | 51 (6.8) | 704 (93.3) | 0.34 |
| Married | 1251 (59.7) | 361 (28.9) | 890 (71.1) | 101 (8.1) | 1150 (91.9) | ||
| Widowed/divorced | 91 (4.3) | 22 (24.2) | 69 (75.8) | 7 (7.7) | 84 (92.3) | ||
| Job status | |||||||
| Own business | 193 (9.2) | 36 (18.7) | 157 (81.4) | 0.03 | 14 (7.3) | 179 (92.8) | 0.46 |
| Manual worker | 212 (10.1) | 44 (20.8) | 168 (79.3) | 16 (7.6) | 196 (92.5) | ||
| Office worker | 1110 (52.9) | 316 (28.5) | 794 (71.5) | 94 (8.5) | 1016 (91.5) | ||
| Housewife/Student/Unemployed | 582 (27.8) | 144 (24.7) | 438 (75.3) | 35 (6.0) | 547 (94.0) | ||
| Educational status | |||||||
| High school graduate and under | 359 (17.1) | 67 (18.7) | 292 (81.3) | < 0.001 | 21 (5.9) | 338 (94.2) | 0.38 |
| College / university graduation or associate degree | 1498 (71.4) | 395 (26.4) | 1103 (73.6) | 124 (8.3) | 1374 (91.7) | ||
| Master’s degree or above | 240 (11.4) | 78 (32.5) | 162 (67.5) | 14 (5.8) | 226 (94.2) | ||
| The poverty-income ratio | |||||||
| 0–1.0 | 863 (41.4) | 196 (22.7) | 667 (77.3) | 0.001 | 69 (8.0) | 794 (92.0) | 0.63 |
| 1.0–2.0 | 955 (45.8) | 255 (26.7) | 700 (73.3) | 69 (7.2) | 886 (92.8) | ||
| ≥ 2.0 | 268 (12.9) | 87 (32.5) | 181 (67.5) | 20 (7.5) | 248 (92.5) | ||
| Private insurance | |||||||
| Yes | 1718 (81.9) | 482 (28.1) | 1236 (71.9) | < 0.001 | 137 (8.0) | 1581 (92.0) | 0.15 |
| No | 379 (18.1) | 58 (15.3) | 321 (84.7) | 22 (5.8) | 357 (94.2) | ||
| Chronic diseases | |||||||
| Yes | 1016 (48.5) | 213 (21.0) | 803 (79.0) | < 0.001 | 56 (5.5) | 960 (94.5) | 0.001 |
| No | 1081 (51.6) | 327 (30.2) | 754 (69.8) | 103 (9.5) | 978 (90.5) | ||
| Smoking | |||||||
| Yes | 545 (26.0) | 142 (26.1) | 403 (73.9) | 0.85 | 57 (10.5) | 488 (89.5) | 0.003 |
| No | 1552 (74.0) | 398 (25.6) | 1154 (74.4) | 102 (6.6) | 1450 (93.4) | ||
| Alcohol drinking | |||||||
| Yes | 1603 (76.4) | 447 (27.9) | 1156 (72.1) | < 0.001 | 141 (8.8) | 1462 (91.2) | < 0.001 |
| No | 494 (23.6) | 93 (18.8) | 401 (81.2) | 18 (3.6) | 476 (96.4) | ||