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Demographics Value Age (years) Mean (SD) 51.2 (9.1) Range 25.0–85.0 Ethnicity White 196 (33.9) Less-acculturated Latina 275 (47.5) More-acculturated Latina 33 (5.7) African American 25 (4.3) Asian/Pacific Islander 50 (8.6) High school graduate No 235 (40.6) Yes 344 (59.4) Married/partnered No 284 (49.1) Yes 295 (51.0) Comorbidity None 409 (70.6) Any 170 (29.4) Stage 0 67 (11.6) I 152 (26.3) II 267 (46.1) III 93 (16.1) Hormone therapy No 168 (29.0) Yes 411 (71.0) Financial adequacy No 358 (61.8) Yes 221 (38.2) Did not get medical care because of competing life needs No 451 (77.9) Yes 128 (22.1) Doctor visit group PCP only 40 (7.0) Surgeon/cancer specialist only 100 (17.3) Both PCP and surgeon/cancer specialist 439 (75.8) Access to medical care Very easy/somewhat easy 358 (61.8) Very difficult/somewhat difficult 221 (38.2) Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.
PCP, primary care provider; SD, standard deviation.
- Table 3. Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of Preventive Care by Patient Groups (n = 579)
Annual Mammography Pap in the Past 2 Years Colonoscopy (n = 371) AOR (95% CI) P Value AOR (95% CI) P Value AOR (95% CI) P Value Age >50 years 1.34 (0.86–2.11) .200 0.29 (0.18–0.47) <.0001 1.03 (0.99–1.07) .095 Any comorbidity (yes)* 1.49 (0.89–2.47) .127 0.71 (0.45–1.12) .148 1.30 (0.82–2.05) .269 Married/partnered (yes) 1.42 (0.89–2.27) .140 1.35 (0.85–2.15) .208 0.96 (0.61–1.53) .870 High school graduate (yes) 0.77 (0.44–1.36) .369 0.87 (0.49–1.55) .639 1.21 (0.69–2.11) .503 Ethnicity (reference: white) African American 0.99 (0.36–2.74) .985 1.71 (0.60–4.89) .315 1.38 (0.42–4.53) .593 Less-acculturated Latina 1.73 (0.94–3.18) .077 2.76 (1.50–5.08) .001 0.72 (0.40–1.30) .273 More-acculturated Latina 0.76 (0.32–1.81) .536 3.44 (1.10–10.75) .034 1.48 (0.55–3.97) .438 Other 1.43 (0.62–3.31) .409 1.56 (0.71–3.46) .269 0.95 (0.42–2.18) .903 Stage III 0.63 (0.36–1.10) .106 0.88 (0.49–1.58) .658 1.09 (0.58–2.02) .794 Hormone therapy (yes) 1.65 (1.04–2.62) .033 1.98 (1.23–3.18) .0047 1.30 (0.80–2.13 .296 Doctor visit group (reference: surgeon/cancer specialist only) PCP only 2.67 (0.84–5.74) .109 2.90 (1.05–8.04) .040 2.99 (1.5–8.51) .041 Both PCP and cancer specialist 2.20 (1.51–4.72) .0008 2.24 (1.22–4.10) .009 2.17 (1.10–4.30) .026 Financial adequacy (yes) 0.89 (0.55–1.42) .612 1.28 (0.79–2.09) .321 0.78 (0.48–1.25) .296 Competing life needs (yes) 0.81 (0.48–1.38) .443 0.91 (0.52–1.58) .741 1.61 (0.92–2.82) .099 Access to medical care (reference: very difficult/somewhat difficult ) 0.66 (0.41–1.09) .104 0.95 (0.58–1.55) .826 1.73 (1.06–2.83) .029 ↵* One or more major comorbidity vs. none.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Pap, Papanicolaou test; PCP, primary care provider.
