Gender differences in predictors of colorectal cancer screening uptake: a national cross sectional study based on the health belief model

Table 2 Prevalence of domains in the health belief model by gender

Statement	Men (% agree)*		Women (% agree)*		P value
	n = 693		n = 1050
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Susceptibility
I have some/high chance of developing CRC	272	(39.2)	341	(32.5)	0.004
I never worry about getting CRC	199	(28.7)	319	(30.4)	0.45
It is fated that I will get CRC	301	(43.4)	484	(46.1)	0.26
I can prevent myself from getting CRC	463	(66.8)	653	(62.2)	0.049
Severity
CRC leads to suffering	629	(90.7)	937	(89.2)	0.34
CRC leads to death	597	(86.2)	878	(83.6)	0.16
CRC affects my family	580	(83.6)	895	(85.2)	0.38
CRC affects my social life	595	(85.9)	890	(84.8)	0.54
CRC is expensive to treat	563	(81.3)	885	(84.3)	0.11
Benefit
CRC screening helps detect cancer early	624	(90.0)	918	(87.4)	0.096
Cues
I have attended a public talk on CRC	49	(7.0)	101	(9.6)	0.068
I heard/read about CRC from TV/newspapers	499	(72.0)	793	(75.5)	0.11
I heard about CRC from friends or relatives	269	(38.8)	450	(42.9)	0.094
Doctor recommended CRC screening to me	139	(20.1)	256	(24.4)	0.037
Friends told me to go for CRC screening	80	(11.6)	187	(17.8)	<0.001
My family told me to go for CRC screening*	106	(15.3)	226	(21.5)	0.001
Family history of CRC	38	(5.5)	64	(6.1)	0.238
Barriers	Men (% disagree)		Women (% disagree)		p-value
	n	(%)	n	(%)
I rather not know if I had CRC	420	(60.6)	606	(57.7)	0.23
I am afraid of finding out if I have CRC	403	(58.2)	487	(46.4)	<0.001
Screening is expensive	123	(17.8)	167	(15.9)	0.30
Colonoscopy is dangerous	396	(57.2)	540	(51.4)	0.017
Colonoscopy is painful	236	(34.0)	273	(26.0)	<0.001
Colonoscopy is embarrassing	453	(65.3)	391	(56.4)	<0.001
Inconvenient to see doctor for CRC screening	417	(60.2)	562	(53.5)	0.006

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