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Table 3 The association of being a female or an adolescent with reporting barriers to seek medical advice for cancer

From: Perceived barriers to seeking cancer care in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

Type of barrier

Barrier

Female gender

Being adolescent

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

p-value

aAdjusted OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

p-value

bAdjusted OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Emotional

Embarrassment (n= 2769)

0.98 (0.84–1.14)

0.78

0.97 (0.84–1.13)

0.72

1.14 (0.98–1.32)

0.09

1.14 (0.98–1.32)

0.09

Feeling scared (n= 2753)

1.28 (1.10–1.48)

0.001

1.26 (1.09–1.47)

0.002

1.30 (1.12–1.51)

0.001

1.28 (1.10–1.49)

0.001

Wouldn’t feel confident talking about symptom with doctor (n= 2652)

0.88 (0.76–1.03)

0.10

0.86 (0.73–1.01)

0.051

1.63 (1.39–1.90)

< 0.001

1.64 (1.41–1.91)

< 0.001

Feeling worried about what a doctor might find (n= 2657)

1.24 (1.07–1.45)

0.005

1.22 (1.04–1.42)

0.013

0.57 (0.49–0.66)

< 0.001

0.57 (0.49–0.67)

< 0.001

Service

Feeling worried about wasting doctor’s time (n= 2673)

0.83 (0.69–0.99)

0.048

0.83 (0.69–1.01)

0.052

1.09 (0.91–1.31)

0.36

1.08 (0.90–1.30)

0.40

Difficulty talking to doctor (n= 2647)

0.66 (0.55–0.78)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.56–0.80)

< 0.001

1.51 (1.26–1.81)

< 0.001

1.48 (1.24–1.78)

< 0.001

Difficulty making an appointment with the doctor (n= 2667)

0.84 (0.72–0.99)

0.037

0.83 (0.71–0.97)

0.023

0.76 (0.64–0.89)

0.001

0.75 (0.64–0.88)

< 0.001

Practical

Busy to go to the doctor (n= 2685)

0.82 (0.70–0.96)

0.015

0.81 (0.69–0.94)

0.008

1.38 (1.18–1.62)

< 0.001

1.40 (1.19–1.64)

< 0.001

Having other things to do (n= 2655)

0.93 (0.80–1.10)

0.41

0.93 (0.79–1.09)

0.36

1.16 (0.99–1.36)

0.07

1.17 (0.99–1.37)

0.06

Difficulty arranging transports to the doctor (n= 2676)

1.17 (0.99–1.37)

0.051

1.18 (1.01–1.38)

0.042

1.11 (0.95–1.30)

0.18

1.12 (0.96–1.32)

0.15

  1. n number of participants tested, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. Notes
  3. aAdjusted for age group
  4. bAdjusted for gender
  5. To overcome the non-linear relationships, the ‘I do not know’ category of each barrier was dropped for easier interpretation
  6. p-values in bold are less than 0.05
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