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Table 4 Mean score of cons of cancer screening

From: Cancer screening in a middle-aged general population: factors associated with practices and attitudes

 

Mean score of cons of cancer screening

 

All

Women

Men

  

p-value1

 

p-value1

 

p-value1

Sex

 

< 0.001

    

   Women

30.4

     

   Men

41.5

     

Age groups

 

0.16

 

0.47

 

0.35

   30–39 years

35.4

 

31.4

 

41.4

 

   40–49 years

36.7

 

30.4

 

42.8

 

   50–60 years

34.3

 

29.4

 

40.3

 

Education (N = 2270)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   elementary school

43.5

 

40.5

 

47.6

 

   vocational training

38.9

 

32.2

 

45.8

 

   high school diploma

36.0

 

30.8

 

43.2

 

   technical school

33.1

 

29.3

 

38.0

 

   University

29.5

 

24.2

 

36.0

 

Born in Switzerland (N = 2272)

 

0.021

 

0.32

 

0.009

   Yes

34.4

 

29.9

 

39.8

 

   No

36.9

 

31.3

 

43.8

 

Gainful employment (N = 2252)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Yes

34.1

 

28.8

 

40.0

 

   No

41.7

 

36.9

 

51.7

 

Net monthly household income (N = 2176; Swiss Francs)a

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   < = 2'000

48.1

 

46.3

 

51.1

 

   2'001–4'000

42.4

 

36.8

 

53.1

 

   4'001–8'000

36.3

 

30.6

 

43.3

 

   > 8'000

29.1

 

22.9

 

34.5

 

Visited a doctor for a health problem in the past 6 months (N = 2275)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

0.18

   Yes

33.7

 

28.9

 

40.7

 

   No

38.8

 

34.3

 

42.7

 

Hospitalisation in the last 6 months (N = 2277)

 

0.512

 

0.69

 

0.49

   Yes

36.6

 

31.4

 

43.2

 

   No

35.3

 

30.4

 

41.3

 

Medical treatment for a chronic health problem (> 3 months) (N = 2274)

 

0.384

 

0.60

 

0.81

   Yes

34.7

 

29.9

 

41.2

 

   No

35.7

 

30.7

 

41.6

 

Personal cancer history (N = 2284)

 

< 0.001

 

0.001

 

0.17

   No

36.0

 

31.1

 

41.8

 

   Yes

27.3

 

21.0

 

36.9

 

Global health self evaluation (N = 2274)

 

0.002

 

0.051

 

0.049

   Excellent

36.0

 

31.9

 

41.6

 

   very good

33.8

 

28.8

 

39.9

 

   Good

35.4

 

30.2

 

41.5

 

   Fair

43.0

 

37.9

 

49.1

 

   Poor

39.5

 

33.7

 

50.5

 

Number of health related preventive behaviours

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   0–3

42.9

 

35.3

 

48.0

 

   4

37.3

 

32.9

 

42.0

 

   5

32.8

 

29.7

 

37.2

 

   6

29.8

 

26.6

 

36.4

 

Number of type of test screening in the past three years

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   0

44.9

 

44.2

 

45.1

 

   1

36.5

 

36.0

 

37.4

 

   2

26.1

 

24.6

 

33.0

 

   3

17.8

 

17.3

 

21.1

 

   4

17.0

 

17.0

 

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  1. a In 2004, 1 Swiss Franc was equal to 0.46 GBP.
  2. 1 p-value: one-way ANOVA