Table 3 Summary of awareness scores for cancer symptoms and signs between adolescents vs adults and between females vs males
From: Knowledge level of cancer symptoms and risk factors in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
Symptom/sign | Recall | Recognition | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | |||||||||
Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | |||
Unexplained swelling/lump | 1145 (39.7) | 536 (36.8) | 609 (42.6) | 0.001 | 690 (46.5) | 455 (32.4) | < 0.001 | 2227 (77.2) | 1111 (76.3) | 1116 (78.1) | 0.24 | 1215 (81.9) | 1012 (72.1) | < 0.001 |
Unexplained pain | 541 (18.7) | 310 (21.3 | 231 (16.2) | < 0.001 | 285 (19.2) | 256 (18.2) | 0.50 | 1154 (40.0) | 629 (43.2) | 525 (36.7) | < 0.001 | 622 (41.9) | 532 (37.9) | 0.027 |
Unexplained bleeding | 189 (6.5) | 79 (5.4) | 110 (7.7) | 0.013 | 118 (8.0) | 71 (5.1) | 0.002 | 1005 (34.8) | 486 (33.4) | 519 (36.3) | 0.10 | 538 (36.3) | 467 (33.3) | 0.09 |
Persistent cough/ hoarseness | 64 (2.2) | 40 (2.7) | 24 (1.7) | 0.052 | 34 (2.3) | 30 (2.1) | 0.78 | 892 (30.9) | 344 (23.6) | 548 (38.3) | < 0.001 | 462 (31.2) | 430 (30.6) | 0.77 |
Persistent change in bowel habit | 66 (2.3) | 18 (1.2) | 48 (3.4) | < 0.001 | 32 (2.2) | 34 (2.4) | 0.63 | 670 (23.2) | 183 (12.6) | 487 (34.1) | < 0.001 | 311 (21.0) | 359 (25.6) | 0.003 |
Persistent difficulty swallowing | 35 (1.2) | 14 (1.0) | 21 (1.5) | 0.21 | 18 (1.2) | 17 (1.2) | 0.99 | 944 (32.7) | 398 (27.3) | 546 (38.2) | < 0.001 | 497 (33.5) | 447 (31.9) | 0.34 |
Non-healing ulcer | 34 (1.2) | 29 (2.0) | 5 (0.3) | < 0.001 | 22 (1.5) | 12 (0.9) | 0.12 | 1127 (39.1) | 545 (37.4) | 582 (40.7) | 0.07 | 569 (38.4) | 558 (39.8) | 0.44 |
Unexplained weight loss | 569 (19.7) | 217 (14.9) | 352 (24.6) | < 0.001 | 307 (20.7) | 262 (18.7) | 0.17 | 1977 (68.5) | 974 (66.8) | 1003 (70.2) | 0.053 | 1027 (69.3) | 950 (67.7) | 0.37 |