Research Article

Social Cognitive Mediators of Sociodemographic Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake

Table 3

Social cognitive beliefs and screening uptake: descriptive statistics and logistic regression results.

Social cognitive beliefs
% ()
Screening uptakeScreening uptake
By agreement with social cognitive beliefs Bivariate logistic regression results
Using social cognitive beliefs as continuous variables (1–5)
% ()OR95% CI

People only need to take part if they have symptomsa3.462.68–4.46
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree86.0% (1091)76.8% (1091)
 Slightly or strongly agree14.0% (178)37.6% (178)
Difficult to get round to doing the test0.480.43–0.53
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree84.7% (1072)76.9% (1072)
 Slightly or strongly agree15.3% (193)42.0% (193)
Difficult to overcome the embarrassment 0.520.47–0.58
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree87.3% (1110)75.0% (1110)
 Slightly or strongly agree12.7% (161)46.0% (161)
Difficult to overcome the disgust 0.500.44–0.56
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree88.5% (1124)75.8% (1124)
 Slightly or strongly agree11.5% (146)37.0% (146)
People who are important to me think I should take part 2.061.84–2.31
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree30.3% (367)49.3% (367)
 Slightly or strongly agree69.7% (846)81.7% (846)
People who are important to me take part 1.771.60–1.96
 Neither agree nor disagree, slightly or strongly disagree32.5% (384)51.3% (384)
 Slightly or strongly agree67.5% (797)82.1% (797)

reverse coded for the logistic regression analysis.
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