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

Table 3

Relationships between sample characteristics and level of anticipated regret.

Predictor	Reference category	Higher anticipated
		Odds ratios	CI (95%)
Univariate models
Previously used HST	No previous use		0.23, 0.83
Full health insurance	Partial/no insurance	0.56	0.28, 1.10
Female	Male	0.79	0.42, 1.49
55 to 64 years	45 to 54 years	0.85	0.40, 1.80
65 and over			1.02, 4.34
Married	Single	1.23	0.57, 2.67
Retired	Full-time employed	2.07	1.00, 4.29
Part-time/other		1.75	0.84, 3.65
Diploma/undergraduate	School/trade certificate	1.36	0.66, 2.82
Graduate diploma/postgraduate		0.95	0.46, 1.97
Ranked 2nd	Ranked 1st	1.38	0.66, 2.90
Ranked 3rd/not at all		0.58	0.28, 1.20
Satisfied with health	Moderately satisfied	1.47	0.77, 2.83
Completely satisfied with health		1.37	0.53, 3.51
Multivariate predictors
Previously used HST	No previous use		0.21, 0.77
Full health insurance	Partial/no insurance		0.24, 0.99

eference category for outcome is lower anticipated regret. .
HST = home stool test.