https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/349381
標題: | Variation in the cervical cancer screening compliance among women with disability | 作者: | Chen, Long-Sheng Chou, Yiing-Jenq Tsay, Jen-Huoy Lee, Cheng-Hua Chou, Pesus Huang, Nicole 蔡貞慧 |
公開日期: | 2009 | 卷: | 16 | 期: | 2 | 起(迄)頁: | 85-90 | 來源出版物: | Journal of Medical Screening | 摘要: | Objective: To investigate the relationship between the level of disability and regular Pap smear testing among women in Taiwan and explore how this relationship may vary with the various levels of physician availability. Methods: This population-based cohort study followed a total of 5,469,581 women from Taiwan, who were 30 years old or older in 2001 and covered the period January 2001 to December 2003. Of the total study population, 184,701 individuals were women with disability. Gynecologist-obstetrician/general practitioner to female population ratio was used as an indicator of physician availability. Multiple logistical regression models were used. Results: After adjusting for age, socioeconomic status, racial group, residence area and physician availability, women with severe disability (OR = 0.38; 95% CI: 0.38, 0.39) were the least likely to undergo Pap smear testing. Women with moderate disability (OR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.58, 0.60) and mild disability (OR = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.86, 0.89) were also significantly less likely to undergo a routine test than women without disability. Women residing in the areas with the greatest physician availability (OR = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.93, 0.94) were significantly less likely to undergo a Pap test than those in the areas with the lowest level of resource availability. The disparity in routine screening between women with and without disability remained across the different levels of physician availability. Conclusions: In Taiwan, women with disability were found to be at higher risk of lower compliance than women without disability. The gap between women with and without disability persisted across different levels of physician availability. |
URI: | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650067308&partnerID=MN8TOARS http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/349381 |
DOI: | 10.1258/jms.2009.008061 | SDG/關鍵字: | Aborigine; adult; aged; article; cancer screening; cohort analysis; disease severity; female; general practitioner; human; mental deficiency; Papanicolaou test; patient compliance; physical disability; population research; race; residential area; social status; Taiwan; uterine cervix cancer; Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; Disabled Persons; Early Detection of Cancer; Female; Humans; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Regression Analysis; Social Class; Taiwan; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Vaginal Smears |
顯示於: | 社會工作學系 |
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