Associations between Demographics, Health Status and Attitudes, and Willingness to Have Fingerstick Blood Test and Antibiotic Knowledge
| Antibiotic Knowledge | Willingness to Have Fingerstick Blood Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incorrect (N = 440) | Correct (N = 268) | Unwilling/Neutral (N = 142) | Willing (N = 535) | |
| Age, years (N = 702)* | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 47.5 ± 17.0 | 45.6 ± 17.1 | 45.5 ± 18.0 | 47.2 ± 16.8 |
| <40 | 154 (35.5) | 123 (45.9) | 58 (42.0) | 206 (39.0) |
| 40–59 | 169 (38.9) | 85 (31.7) | 46 (33.3) | 193 (36.6) |
| ≥60 | 111 (25.6) | 60 (22.4) | 34 (24.6) | 129 (24.4) |
| Gender (N = 698)* | ||||
| Male | 174 (40.3) | 64 (24.1) | 52 (38.0) | 178 (33.8) |
| Female | 258 (59.7) | 202 (75.9) | 85 (62.0) | 348 (66.2) |
| Ethnicity (N = 654)* | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 73 (18.3) | 17 (6.6) | 18 (14.3) | 64 (12.9) |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 325 (81.7) | 239 (93.4) | 108 (85.7) | 434 (87.1) |
| Race (N = 679)*† | ||||
| White only | 211 (50.7) | 199 (75.7) | 75 (56.0) | 322 (62.9) |
| Black only | 62 (14.9) | 17 (6.4) | 15 (11.2) | 55 (10.7) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native only | 38 (9.1) | 14 (5.3) | 19 (14.2) | 32 (6.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander only | 45 (10.8) | 12 (4.6) | 11 (8.2) | 42 (8.2) |
| Multiple/other race | 60 (14.4) | 21 (8.0) | 14 (10.4) | 61 (11.9) |
| Health insurance (N = 703)*† | ||||
| No health insurance | 42 (9.6) | 31 (11.6) | 13 (9.2) | 56 (10.7) |
| Private health insurance only | 83 (19.0) | 98 (36.7) | 25 (17.7) | 148 (28.1) |
| Medicaid and/or Medicare only | 235 (53.9) | 119 (44.6) | 74 (52.5) | 262 (49.8) |
| Multiple/other health insurance | 76 (17.4) | 19 (7.1) | 29 (20.6) | 60 (11.4) |
| Health status (N = 702) | ||||
| Poor | 118 (27.2) | 65 (24.2) | 28 (20.1) | 140 (26.5) |
| Average | 104 (24.0) | 56 (20.9) | 37 (26.6) | 119 (22.5) |
| Good | 212 (48.8) | 147 (54.9) | 74 (53.2) | 269 (60.0) |
| Language (N = 708)* | ||||
| Spanish | 30 (6.8) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (2.1) | 22 (4.1) |
| English | 410 (93.2) | 267 (99.6) | 139 (97.9) | 513 (95.9) |
| Smoking status (N = 706) | ||||
| Never smoker | 228 (52.0) | 137 (51.3) | 73 (51.8) | 273 (51.7) |
| Former smoker | 97 (22.0) | 65 (24.3) | 35 (24.8) | 120 (22.7) |
| Current smoker | 114 (26.0) | 65 (24.3) | 33 (23.4) | 135 (25.6) |
| No. of doctor visits for a cough/cold in past 12 months (N = 688) | ||||
| 0 | 285 (67.2) | 170 (64.4) | 94 (70.7) | 337 (65.2) |
| 1 | 55 (13.0) | 45 (17.0) | 18 (13.5) | 79 (15.3) |
| ≥2 | 84 (19.8) | 49 (18.6) | 21 (15.8) | 101 (19.5) |
| No. of times antibiotics given for cough/cold during doctor visit (N = 226) | ||||
| 0 | 43 (32.3) | 38 (40.9) | 12 (30.8) | 64 (36.6) |
| 1 | 45 (33.8) | 36 (38.7) | 16 (41.0) | 63 (36.0) |
| ≥2 | 45 (33.8) | 19 (20.4) | 11 (28.2) | 48 (27.4) |
| Preferences for antibiotics (N = 686)* | ||||
| Prefer to take antibiotics | 70 (16.6) | 17 (6.4) | 21 (15.6) | 60 (11.6) |
| Prefer to avoid taking antibiotics | 352 (83.4) | 247 (93.6) | 114 (84.4) | 456 (88.4) |
| Knowledge of antibiotics (N = 661)† | ||||
| Incorrect | N/A | N/A | 99 (71.7) | 307 (58.7) |
| Correct | — | — | 39 (28.3) | 216 (41.3) |
| Willingness to undergo arm blood draw (N = 662)† | ||||
| Unwilling | 101 (23.8) | 49 (18.4) | 87 (62.6) | 53 (10.1) |
| Neutral | 58 (13.6) | 47 (17.7) | 45 (32.4) | 54 (10.3) |
| Willing | 266 (62.6) | 170 (63.9) | 7 (5.0) | 416 (79.5) |
| Willingness to undergo fingerstick test (N = 661)* | ||||
| Unwilling | 75 (18.5) | 25 (9.8) | N/A | N/A |
| Neutral | 24 (5.9) | 14 (5.5) | — | — |
| Willing | 307 (75.6) | 216 (84.7) | — | — |