Exploring the Potential of Anticipated Regret as an Emotional Cue to Improve Bowel Cancer Screening Uptake

Table 1

Sample characteristics and their univariate relationships with future screening intentions.

Predictor variable	Variable levels	Sample characteristics	Intending to use HST in the future		Univariate effect
		% ()	Odds ratio	95% CI
Intends to use HST in the future	Unsure/no	16% (28)	N/A
	Yes	84% (145)
Anticipated regret	Lower	52% (90)	1	—	0.16
	Higher	48% (83)		2.37, 21.75
Previous HST use	No	62% (108)	1	—	0.15
	Yes	38% (65)		0.08, 0.44
Sex	Male	65% (112)	1	—	0.08
	Female	35% (61)	2.24	0.86, 5.87
Age Cat	45 to 54 years	38% (65)	1	—	0.01
	55 to 64 years	29% (51)	1.42	0.52, 3.92
	65 and over	33% (57)	1.21	0.47, 3.12
Relationship status	Single	19% (32)	1	—	0.02
	Married	81% (141)	2.01	0.78, 5.11
Health insurance	Partial/no insurance	27% (46)	1	—	0.01
	Fully insured	73% (127)	0.72	0.27, 1.89
Employment status	Full-time employed	47% (81)	1	—	0.04
	Retired	27% (47)	1.95	0.72, 5.33
	Part-time/other	26% (45)	2.93	0.93, 9.27
Highest education	School/trade certificate	35% (61)	1	—	0.01
	Diploma/undergraduate	32% (56)	0.62	0.23, 1.67
	Graduate diploma/postgraduate	32% (56)	0.79	0.28, 2.21
Health ranking	Ranked 1st	33% (57)	1	—	0.03
	Ranked 2nd	30% (50)	0.39	0.21, 1.85
	Ranked 3rd/not at all	38% (66)	0.4	0.14, 1.09
Health satisfaction	Moderately satisfied	37% (64)	1	—	0.01
	Satisfied	49% (85)	0.76	0.31, 1.88
	Completely satisfied	14% (24)	0.81	0.23, 2.95

eference category for outcome is unsure/no. agelkerke effect size. HST = home stool test. .