Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, screening history and reason for non attendance to screening by intervention activity of the study population
Intervention groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | No intervention group (NIG) | Letter (IG1) | Letter + leaflet (IG2) | Letter + leaflet + phone call (IG3) | Total | P |
Interviewed | 349 | 724 | 678 | 1158º | 2909 | |
Age mean (SD) | 66.6 (4,1) | 66.3 (4,1) | 66.1 (4.1) | 66.1 (3,9) | 66.2 (4.0) | 0.029 |
Spanish nationality | 340 (98.3%) | 505 (96.4%) | 514 (95.9%) | 740 (96.0%) | 2099 (96.4%) | <0.001 |
Educational level | ||||||
None | 46 (13.4%) | 99 (22.1%) | 81 (18,1%) | 95 (14,0%) | 321 (16.7%) | <0.001 |
Incomplete Primary | 128 (37.2%) | 177 (39.5%) | 138 (30,8%) | 226 (33,4%) | 669 (34.9%) | |
Primary | 110 (32.0%) | 130 (29.0%) | 151 (33,7%) | 226 (33,4%) | 617 (32.2%) | |
High School | 54 (15.7%) | 35 (7.8%) | 58 (12,9%) | 103 (15,2%) | 250 (13%) | |
University | 6 (1.7%) | 7 (1.6%) | 20 (4,5%) | 27 (4,0%) | 60 (3.1%) | |
Monthly family income | ||||||
from 0 to 600€ | 76 (30.3) | 103 (26.6) | 80 (21.4) | 94 (16,3) | 353 (22.3) | <0.001 |
from 601 to 1000 € | 123 (49.0) | 126 (32.6) | 109 (29.2) | 166 (28,9) | 524 (33.0) | |
from 1001 to 2000€ | 49 (19.5) | 137 (35.4) | 149 (39.9) | 238 (41.4) | 573 (36.1) | |
more than 2000€ | 3 (1.2) | 21 (5.4) | 35 (9.4) | 77 (13.4) | 136 (8.6) | |
Marital status-married | 211 (60.6%) | 340 (74.9%) | 325 (72.9%) | 489 (72.0%) | 1365 (70.8%) | <0.001 |
Number of children | ||||||
0 | 13 (3.7%) | 26 (5.7%) | 29 (6.5%) | 36 (5.3%) | 104 (5.4%) | <0.001 |
1-2 | 132 (37.8%) | 242 (52.7%) | 222 (49.4%) | 362 (53.4%) | 958 (49.5%) | |
>2 | 204 (58.5%) | 191 (41.6%) | 198 (44.1%) | 280 (41.3%) | 873 (45.1%) | |
Type of gynecological care | ||||||
Public | 231 (66.8%) | 216 (48.0%) | 232 (50.7%) | 301 (45.1%) | 980 (51.0%) | <0.001 |
Private | 49 (14.2%) | 126 (28.0%) | 119 (26.0%) | 235 (35.2%) | 529 (27.5%) | |
Mixed | 4 (1.2%) | 13 (2.9%) | 33 (7.2%) | 22 (3.3%) | 72 (3.7%) | |
None | 62 (17.9%) | 95 (21.1%) | 74 (16.2%) | 110 (16.5%) | 341 (17.7%) | |
Lag time since last Pap screening | ||||||
1-3 | 136 (39%) | 208 (46.6%) | 192 (45.1%) | 340 (50.1%) | 876 (46.1%) | <0.001 |
4-6 | 146 (41.8%) | 131 (29.4%) | 134 (31.5%) | 194 (28.6%) | 605 (31.9%) | |
never | 67 (19.2%) | 107 (24.0%) | 100 (23.5%) | 144 (21.2%) | 418 (22.0%) | |
Reasons for non-attendance to screening for women with no previous Pap | ||||||
Fear and dislike | 4 (6.0%) | 43 (42.2%) | 42 (42.4%) | 50 (37.0%) | 139 (34.5%) | <0.001 |
Uninformed | 63 (94.0%) | 56 (54.9%) | 53 (53.5%) | 84 (62.2%) | 256 (63.5%) | |
Other | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.9%) | 4 (4.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | 8 (2.0%) | |