Characteristics of Family Physicians Reporting the Use of Chaperones During the Collection of a Pap Smear and Logistic Regression Model
| Logistic Regression | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | PercentReporting Useof Chaperone | UnadjustedOdds Ratio(95% CI) | AdjustedOdds Ratio(95% CI) |
| Note: As of January 2003, the American Academy of Family Physicians had 52,506 active members: 72% were men, 61% were white, 87% were board certified, and the regional distribution was Northeast 14.1%, Midwest 28.2%, West 20.4%, and South 32.5%. The mean age was 44.6 years. Pap = Papanicolaou; CI = confidence interval. * P <.001. † P ≤.01. | |||
| Sex | |||
| Female* | 31.4 | 1 | 1 |
| Male | 84.1 | 11.6 (9.2–14.7) | 15.4 (11.7–20.1) |
| Age of physician† | |||
| ≤35 years | 55.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 36–50 years | 74.0 | 0.89 (0.70–1.12) | 0.60 (0.43–0.84) |
| ≥51 years | 78.2 | 1.16 (0.89–1.51) | 0.60 (0.34–1.04) |
| Region of practice* | |||
| South | 89.0 | 4.2 (3.2–5.5) | 6.1 (4.5–8.3) |
| Northeast | 71.6 | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) | 1.5 (1.1–2.0) |
| Midwest | 65.7 | 1 | 1 |
| West | 72.4 | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) | 1.6 (1.1–2.1) |
| Number of Pap smears performed per month* | |||
| <20 | 81.4 | 1 | 1 |
| ≥20 | 69.5 | 0.52 (0.43–0.62) | 0.76 (0.59–0.96) |
| Board certification† | |||
| Certified | 74.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Pending | 79.2 | 1.24 (0.93–1.64) | 1.29 (0.87–1.91) |
| Not certified | 78.7 | 1.27 (0.63–2.57) | 2.02 (0.68–6.06) |
| Years in practice | |||
| ≤15 years | 74.3 | 1 | 1 |
| >15 years | 78.1 | 1.23 (1.02–1.50) | 0.67 (0.43–1.04) |
| Location of practice* | |||
| Rural | 77.5 | 1.23 (1.03–1.47) | 1.05 (0.82–1.33) |
| Urban | 73.7 | 1 | 1 |