Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer by a visual screening program in Tanzania completed treatment: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

Table 6 Logistic regression of radiation completion among 829 women who followed up for treatment at ORCI

	Crude		Age-adjusted		Age, stage-adj.		Final Model^**
	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
Occupation
Housewife	1		1		1
Manual	0.73	0.37-1.43	0.72	0.36-1.41	0.68	0.34-1.34
Skilled/Other	1.41	0.78-2.57	1.28	0.69-2.36	1.15	0.62-2.14
Education
None	1		1		1
Primary	1.24	0.84-1.84	1.10	0.72-1.68	1.09	0.71-1.67
>Primary	1.04	0.50-2.17	0.88	0.41-1.89	0.75	0.35-1.65
Marital status
Married/regular partner	1		1		1
Widow/separated/other	0.92	0.62-1.35	1.01	0.67-1.51	0.98	0.66-1.48
Last menstrual period
<12 months ago	1		1		1
>12 months ago	0.90	0.62-1.31	1.20	0.75-1.93	1.25	0.77-2.01
Age
Continuous (10 year)	0.88	0.76-1.01			0.89	0.77-1.03	0.87	0.75-1.01
Age at marriage
Continuous	0.98	0.94-1.02	0.97	0.93-1.01	0.97	0.93-1.02
Gravidity
Continuous	1.03	0.97-1.09	1.07	1.00-1.14	1.06	0.99-1.13
Year of first treatment appointment
Continuous (2 year)	0.85	0.73-1.00^*	0.85	0.72-1.00^*	0.85	0.73-1.00	0.85	0.72-1.00^*
Place of residence
Dar es Salaam	1		1		1		1
Other Region	1.40	0.96-2.04	1.48	1.01-2.16	1.44	0.98-2.13	1.46	0.99-2.15
Treatment clinic disease stage
Continuous	0.73	0.55-0.96	0.74	0.56-0.97			0.72	0.55-0.96
Attended another health facility before screening
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.32	0.82-2.11	1.31	0.82-2.10	1.31	0.81-2.11
Prescribed ≥40 Gy radiation ^***
No	1		1		1
Yes	2.29	1.39-3.75	2.17	1.32-3.59	1.88	1.08-3.25
Follow-up time
Continuous (1 week)	1.00	0.98-1.02	1.00	0.98-1.02	1.00	0.98-1.02

*Significant at the α = 0.05 level, CI includes 1.00 due to rounding.
**Final model adjusted for age, year of first treatment appointment, place of residence, and treatment clinic disease stage.
***Prescribed ≥40 Gy radiation was not included in the final model because it is an intermediate variable between disease stage and radiation completion.

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