Determinants of Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment among Moroccan Women with Cervical Cancer

Table 5

Association between knowledge and practice and patient delay identified by multivariate analysis.

Categorial variables	≤90; ()	>90; ()	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	(%)	(%)	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Previously heard about cervical cancer
Yes	155 (75.6)	50 (24.4)
No	24 (12.2)	172 (87.8)	22.217	[13.039–37.855]		2.707	[0.834–8.753]	0.098
Knowledge of symptoms
Abnormal vaginal bleeding (between periods, after sex, postmenopausal)
Yes	141 (89.8)	16 (10.2)	0.020	[0.011–0.038]		0.069	[0.020–0.231]
No	37 (15.2)	206 (84.4)
Vaginal discharge
Yes	60 (84.5)	11 (15.5)
No	119 (36.1)	211 (63.9)	9.969	[4.894–19.102]		0.874	[0.284–2.692]	0.814
Pain (painful sex, pelvic pain, dysuria)
Yes	93 (89.4)	11 (10.6)
No	86 (29)	211 (71)	20.743	[10.579–40.673]		1.956	[0.483–7.926]	0.347
Knowledge of causes
Yes	40 (95.2)	2 (4.8)	0.032	[0.008–0.133]		0.094	[0.016–0.546]
No	139 (38.7)	220 (61.3)
Knowledge of Screening program
Yes	142 (73.2)	52 (26.8)
No	37 (17.9)	170 (82.1)	12.546	[7.788–20.210]		0.861	[0.262–2.829]	0.805
Knowledge of transmission mode
Yes	83 (79.8)	21 (20.2)
No	96 (32.3)	201 (67.7)	8.275	[4.837–14.157]		0.687	[0.258–1.831]	0.453
Knowledge of treatment
Yes	138 (51.7)	129 (48.3)
No	41 (30.6)	93 (69.4)	2.426	[1.564–3.762]		0.488	[0.225–1.057]	0.069
History of pap smear
Never	37 (15.7)	199 (84.3)
More than 3 years	86 (81.9)	19 (18.1)	0.041	[0.022–0.075]		0.629	[0.168–2.361]	0.492
During last 3 years	56 (93.3)	4 (6.7)	0.013	[0.005–0.039]		0.338	[0.064–1.792]	0.202
Gynecological examination during last 3 years
Yes	149 (84.2)	28 (15.8)
No	30 (13.4)	194 (86.6)	34.412	[19.705–60.095]		4.517	[1.295–15.762]
Practice of screening test
Yes	63 (87.5)	9 (12.5)
No	116 (35.3)	213 (64.7)	12.836	[6.162–26.737]		2.430	[0.757–7.804]	0.136

Model included variables that were significant on univariate analyses at (0.20 level).
significant at value ≤ 0.05.