Table 3.
Multinomial logistic regression—how likely are surgeons to offer BCS to an eligible woman
| Narration | Almost never (referent category) | Occasional | Almost always | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | n | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Age group (years) (N = 345) | |||||||
| 25–34 | 9 | 26 | 0.314 (0.006–15.232) | 0.559 | 54 | 0.211 (0.004–10.605) | 0.436 |
| 35–44 | 5 | 34 | 0.5 (0.013–19.143) | 0.709 | 89 | 0.218 (0.005–8.694) | 0.418 |
| 45–54 | 5 | 19 | 0.539 (0.029–9.903) | 0.677 | 47 | 0.303 (0.016–5.746) | 0.427 |
| 55–64 | 4 | 8 | 0.436 (0.03–6.332) | 0.543 | 29 | 0.641 (0.045–9.134) | 0.743 |
| > 65 | 2 | 4 | Referent category | 10 | Referent category | ||
| Sex of participant (N = 341) | |||||||
| Female | 5 | 17 | 1.558 (0.351–6.917) | 0.56 | 45 | 1.615 (0.36–7.243) | 0.531 |
| Male | 20 | 72 | Referent category | 182 | Referent category | ||
| Details of surgical training (N = 344) | |||||||
| Surgeons with oncosurgery training | 1 | 32 | 8.273 (0.927–73.845) | 0.059 | 173 | 35.236 (4.059–305.862) | 0.001 |
| Masters in general surgery | 24 | 59 | Referent category | 55 | Referent category | ||
| Practice centre (N = 344) | |||||||
| Public | 14 | 53 | 1.033 (0.328–3.252) | 0.955 | 83 | 0.49 (0.153–1.564) | 0.228 |
| Private | 11 | 38 | Referent category | 145 | Referent category | ||
| Centre level (N = 342) | |||||||
| Tertiary hospital | 19 | 80 | 0.814 (0.177–3.739) | 0.791 | 202 | 0.993 (0.209–4.724) | 0.993 |
| Secondary hospital | 6 | 11 | Referent category | 24 | Referent category | ||
| Duration of practising surgery (N = 343) | |||||||
| < 10 years | 10 | 43 | 3.69 (0.212–64.352) | 0.371 | 95 | 3.213 (0.182–56.684) | 0.425 |
| 10–20 years | 6 | 26 | 1.039 (0.134–8.035) | 0.971 | 74 | 0.873 (0.111–6.866) | 0.897 |
| > 20 years | 8 | 21 | Referent category | 60 | Referent category | ||
| The volume of breast cancer surgeries performed in a month as a lead surgeon (N = 323) | |||||||
| < 10 surgeries | 19 | 66 | 0.961 (0.174–5.321) | 0.964 | 103 | 0.443 (0.083–2.366) | 0.34 |
| ≥ 10 surgeries | 2 | 21 | Referent category | 112 | Referent category | ||
| Distance to the radiation oncology facility from institute/place of practice (N = 337) | |||||||
| Same institute | 5 | 49 | 7.488 (1.059–52.936) | 0.044 | 153 | 9.655 (1.325–70.374) | 0.025 |
| Not in the same institute but in same city < 2 h | 14 | 31 | 1.637 (0.33–8.135) | 0.547 | 64 | 1.724 (0.329–9.043) | 0.52 |
| In same city > 2 h | 5 | 7 | Referent category | 9 | Referent category | ||
*Two participants have not responded to the offering of BCS question, those were not considered in the multinomial logistic regression analysis