Factors Influencing the Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Tertiary Students in Ho, Ghana

Table 3

Bivariable and multivariable analyses on the factors influencing BSE practice.

Variable	Practice of BSE		X^2 ( value)	COR (95% CI) value	AOR (95% CI) -value
	Good n (%)	Poor n (%)
Institution			49.38 (0.001)
UHAS	59 (61.5)	37 (38.5)		Ref.	Ref
HTU	6 (12.9)	61 (87.1)		0.92 (0.04–0.21) 0.001	0.71(0.04–13.77)0.820
GTUC	5 (21.7)	18 (78.3)		0.17 (0.06–0.51) 0.001	0.74(0.04–15.06)0.843
HO NTC	48 (56.5)	37 (43.5)		0.81 (0.45–1.47) 0.496	1.60(0.72–3.51)0.246
Resident status			3.44 (0.064)
Resident	60 (39.2)	93 (60.8)
Nonresident	61 (50.4)	60 (49.6)
Current academic level			27.3040 (0.001)
First year	16 (22.5)	55 (77.5)
Second year	35 (41.2)	50 (58.8)		2.41 (1.19–4.87) 0.015	1.50(0.64–3.52)0.356
Third year	46 (60.5)	30 (39.5)		5.27 (2.57–10.85) 0.001	5.58(2.17–14.32)0.001
Fourth year	21 (54.0)	18 (46.0)		4.01 (1.73–9.29) 0.001	4.31(1.34–13.80)0.014
Fifth year	3 (100)	0 (0.0)
Program of study			50.65 (0.001)
Health course	108 (59.3)	74 (60.7)		Ref.	Ref
Nonhealth course	13 (14.1)	79 (85.9)		0.11 (0.058–0.22) 0.001	0.29(0.12–5.63)0.416
Age (in completed years)			10.04 (0.040)
15–19	14 (35.9)	25 (64.1)		Ref.
20–24	96 (49.7)	97 (50.3)		1.8 (0.87–3.60) 0.117
25–29	7 (23.3)	23 (76.7)		0.54 (0.19–1.58) 0.264
30–34	2 (25.0)	6 (75.0)		0.60 (0.11–3.35) 0.556
35–39	2 (50.0)	2 (50.0)		1.79 (0.23–14.1) 0.582
40+
Marital status			6.35 (0.042)
Never married	114 (46.1)	133 (53.9)		Ref.	Ref
Married	6 (23.1)	20 (76.9)		0.35 (0.14–0.90) 0.030	0.48(0.14–1.61)0.236
Widowed	1 (100)	0 (0)
Religious affiliation			2.20 (0.333)
Christianity	115 (43.4)	150 (56.6)
Islam	5 (71.4)	2 (28.6)
African traditional	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)
Ethnicity			4.63 (0.592)
Ewe	59 (41.0)	85 (59.0)
Ga/Dangme	15 (41.7)	21 (58.3)
Akan	33 (54.1)	28 (45.9)
Mole-Dagbani	4 (44.4)	5 (55.6)
Hausa	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)
Guan	7 (38.9)	11 (61.11)
Other	1 (100)	0 (0.00)
Knowledge of BSE			25.85 (≤0.001)
Good knowledge of BSE	116 (51.1)	111 (48.9)		8.78 (3.35–23.01) ≤0.001	3.84(1.10–13.46)0.036
Poor knowledge on BSE	5 (10.6)	42 (89.4)		Ref.	Ref
Perception of BSE			8.20 (0.004)
Poor perception	1 (7.1)	13 (92.9)		Ref.	Ref
Good perception	120 (46.2)	140 (53.9)		11.14 (1.44–86.43) 0.021	12.21(1.21–122.73)0.034

values that are less than 0.05 and significant.