Table 2 Association between information processing factors and women’s willingness to decrease mammogram frequency: Results from bivariate logistic regressions with “Not willing” as the reference category.
From: Willingness to decrease mammogram frequency among women at low risk for hereditary breast cancer
Patient factors | Willing (n = 40) vs Not willing (n = 84) | |
|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI) | p-value | |
Socioeconomic characteristics | ||
Age | ||
<50 years (REF) | ||
>=50 years | 1.30 (0.54–3.14) | 0.56 |
Race | ||
African American (REF) | ||
White | 1.28 (0.56–2.94) | 0.56 |
Other (e.g., Asian, American Indian, Not specified) | 2.69 (0.79–9.17) | 0.11 |
Education | ||
Some college or less (REF) | ||
College graduate | 0.86 (0.25–2.97) | 0.82 |
Graduate or professional degree | 2.40 (0.80–7.18) | 0.12 |
Household Income | ||
Less than $50,000 (REF) | ||
$50,001-$75,000 | 0.95 (0.25–3.60) | 0.94 |
$75,001 and over | 1.38 (0.48–3.99) | 0.55 |
Health Literacy | ||
Less than extremely confident (REF) | ||
Extremely confident | 0.48 (0.14–1.60) | 0.23 |
Do not wish to answer | 0.51 (0.16–1.59) | 0.25 |
Emotional factors | ||
Breast cancer worry | ||
No worry (REF) | ||
Any worry | 0.33 (0.15–0.73) | 0.006 |
Breast cancer negative affect | 0.99 (0.91–1.07) | 0.73 |
Cognitive factors | ||
Relative risk perception | ||
Inconsistent with B-RSTTM estimate (REF) | ||
Consistent with B-RSTTM estimate | 1.21 (0.57–2.57) | 0.62 |
Genetic risk knowledge | 0.74 (0.57–0.97) | 0.03 |
B-RST TM result recall | ||
Wrong (REF) | ||
Correct | 0.93 (0.42–2.05) | 0.86 |
B-RSTTM understanding of BRCA mutation risk | ||
Wrong (REF) | ||
Correct | 0.70 (0.32–1.53) | 0.37 |
B-RSTTM understanding of general population risk | ||
Wrong (REF) | ||
Correct | 0.40 (0.17–0.97) | 0.04 |
B-RSTTM acceptance | 1.00 (0.92–1.09) | 0.96 |
Trust in health care providers | 0.98 (0.90–1.07) | 0.63 |
Trust in screening guidelines | 1.00 (0.90–1.11) | 0.98 |
Mammogram history | ||
Reason for current mammogram | ||
Personal choice for routine screening (REF) | ||
Doctor recommendation for routine screening | 1.60 (0.68–3.77) | 0.28 |
Past mammogram frequency | ||
Biannually or less (consistent with USPSTF guideline) (REF) | ||
Annually or more | 0.13 (0.04–0.41) | <0.001 |
Women perceived need for biannual mammogram | ||
Other (annual, depend on doctor recommendation, I don’t know) (REF) | ||
Biannual (consistent with USPSTF guideline) | 0.59 (0.15–2.28) | 0.45 |
Provider perceived need for biannual mammogram | ||
Do not agree (REF) | ||
Agree | 1.85 (0.67–5.12) | 0.24 |
