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Table 2 Logistic Regression on Receipt of Mammogram Screening by Caregiving and Non-Caregiving Group

From: Factors associated with receipt of mammogram among caregivers: a comparison with non-caregivers

Factors

Predictors

Caregiver

Non-Caregiver

OR

95% CI

OR

95%CI

Predisposing factors

Age

1.058***

1.022, 1.095

1.029***

1.013, 1.046

Education

1.096

0.887, 1.355

1.093

0.980, 1.218

Beliefs about cancer

Likelihood of getting cancer

1.019

0.895, 1.160

.932

0.866, 1.003

Everything causes cancer

.971

0.681, 1.384

1.183

0.983, 1.423

Prevention is not possible

.777

0.550, 1.099

.989

0.823, 1.188

Too many recommendations

1.158

0.793, 1.691

1.060

0.876, 1.282

Cancer more common

1.490*

1.032, 2.151

1.126

0.939, 1.349

Cancer fatal

1.200

0.854, 1.685

.916

0.773, 1.085

Rather not know the likelihood

.673*

0.496, 0.914

.825**

0.713, 0.955

Worried about cancer

1.213

0.916, 1.606

1.156*

1.000, 1.337

Enabling Factors

Income

1.074

0.927, 1.243

1.035

0.962, 1.113

Confident about getting health information

1.432*

1.049, 1.955

1.021

0.868, 1.201

Number of people under their care

1.523

0.889, 2.609

Caregiving Hours per week

.749*

0.564, 0.994

Caregiving Cancer (ref = others)

.735

0.306, 1.769

Caregiving Chronic (ref = others)

.657

0.370, 1.166

Need factors

General Health

.803

0.571, 1.128

1.138

0.952, 1.359

Depression

0.937

0.849, 1.034

.919**

0.871, 0.969

Ever had cancer

0.696

0.281, 1.723

1.351

0.899, 2.030

Family ever had cancer

1.404

0.695, 2.837

1.344

0.956, 1.891

Number of observations

277

951

Pseudo R2

0.124

0.057

Log Likelihood Rate Test

43.05

67.51

  1. Note: ORs Odds ratios, * p < .05; **p < .01, ***p < .001