Factors Affecting the Practices of Cervical Cancer Screening among Female Nurses at Public Health Institutions in Mekelle Town, Northern Ethiopia, 2014: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with the practices of cervical cancer screening among female nurses at Public Health Institutions in Mekelle City, Tigray, June 2014.

Characteristics	Cervical cancer screening		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Screened	Not screened
	Yes (%)	No (%)
Attitude
Negative	4 (4.8)	79 (95.2)	1.0	1.0
Positive	20 (14.1)	122 (85.9)	3.24 (1.067–9.826)	3.42 (1.080–10.853)	0.017
Work place
Other wards	8 (5.9)	127 (94.1)	1.0	1.0
OPD ward	16 (17.8)	74 (82.2)	3.43 (1.401–8.407)	3.02 (1.134–8.059)	0.008
Marital status
Married	19 (13.5)	122 (86.5)	1.0	1.0
Single	4 (5.8)	65 (94.2)	.39 (.129–1.210)	.64 (.189–2.201)	0.214
Separated	1 (6.7)	14 (93.3)	.45 (.057–3.692)	.36 (.042–3.179)	0.666
Level of education
Diploma	7 (13.5)	45 (86.5)	1.0
1st degree and above	17 (9.8)	156 (90.2)	.454 (.186–1.107)
Knowledge of cervical cancer
Poor knowledge	2 (5.7)	33 (94.3)	1.0	1.0
Moderate knowledge	14 (12.6)	97 (87.4)	2.381 (.514–11.035)	2.46 (.486–12.442)	0.427
Good knowledge	8 (10.1)	71 (89.9)	1.859 (.374–9.241)	2.4 (.432–13.294)	0.474
Knowledge of cervical cancer prevention
Poor knowledge	0 (0)	152 (100)	1.0
Moderate knowledge	17 (27.4)	45 (72.6)	.913 (.109–7.637)
Good knowledge	7 (63.6)	4 (36.4)	1.353 (.542–3375)
Age in years
<30 years	10 (7)	133 (93)	1.0	1.0
≥30 years	14 (17.3)	67 (82.7)	2.738 (1.156–6.487)	2.51 (.738–8.505)	0.207
Parity
Nullipara	8 (8.7)	84 (91.3)	1.0	1.0
Multipara	16 (12)	117 (88)	1.436 (.587–3.510)	.75 (.231–2.404)	0.177
Ethnicity
Amara	0 (0)	7 (100)	1.0
Tigray	24 (11)	194 (89)	.708 (.082–6.141)
Service year
1–3 years	2 (2.5)	78 (97.5)	1.0	1
4–6 years	10 (14.1)	61 (85.9)	3.864 (1.186–12.596)	2.99 (.771–11.671)	0.286
>6 years	12 (16.2)	62 (83.8)	2.303 (.663–7.996)	1.166 (.252–5.399)	0.381