Self-sampling in cervical cancer screening: comparison of a brush-based and a lavage-based cervicovaginal self-sampling device

Table 1 The mutually adjusted participation rates after self-sampling offer

	Lavage-device			Brush device			Total			Mutually adjusted total attendance after self-sampling invitation
	Invited	Attended^a		Invited	Attended^a		Invited	Attended^a		RR	95 % CI
	n	n	%	n	n	%	n	n	%
Age groups
30–39	270	48	17,8	277	54	19,5	547	102	18,6	1
40–49	195	48	24,6	170	47	27,6	365	95	26,0	1,34	1,01–1,78
50–59	193	48	24,9	204	62	30,4	397	110	27,7	1,45	1,10–1,91
60–69	112	23	20,5	83	12	14,5	195	35	17,9	1,03	0,69–1,52
Mother tongue
Finnish/Swedish	742	161	21,7	700	169	24,1	1442	330	22,9	1
Other	28	6	21,4	34	6	17,6	62	12	19,4	1,1	0,61–1,95
Education
Primary	101	8	7,9	105	12	11,4	206	20	9,7	1
Secondary	341	74	21,7	352	82	23,3	693	156	22,5	2,26	1,41–3,61
Tertiary	328	85	25,9	277	81	29,2	605	166	27,4	2,74	1,71–4,38
Marital status
Unmarried	259	52	20,1	247	54	21,9	506	106	20,9	1
Married/Widowed	411	96	23,4	365	95	26,0	776	191	24,6	1,05	0,82–1,34
Divorced	96	19	19,8	114	26	22,8	210	45	21,4	0,98	0,69–1,40
Unknown	4	0	0,0	8	0	0,0	12	0	0,0	0
Municipality type
Urban	405	84	20,7	386	88	22,8	791	172	21,7	1
Semi-urban	196	44	22,4	177	46	26,0	373	90	24,1	1,12	0,87–1,45
Rural	169	39	23,1	171	41	24,0	340	80	23,5	1,14	0,88–1,49
Total	770	167	21,7	734	175	23,8	1504	342	22,7

^aIncluding one woman in the lavage group and six women in the brush group that attended by Pap smear after self-sampling offer

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