Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community

Warner, Zachary C.; Gilbert-Gard, Kacy; Reid, Brandon; Joseph, Winnie; Kepka, Deanna; Auguste, Priscilla; Warner, Echo L.

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14810-5

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Sociodemographic correlates of knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer (N = 58)

From: Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community

	Heard of CRC n = 52							Importance of CRC screening¹ n = 51					Received CRC test within last 10 years n = 34
	Yes n = 19		No n = 26		Don’t know n = 7			VI,I,SI n = 49		NI,NAAI n = 2			Yes n = 1		No n = 30		Don’t know n = 2
	N	%	N	%	N	%	p-value³	N	%	N	%	p-value³	N	%	N	%	N	%	p-value³
Sex
Female	15	79.0	21	80.8	4	57.1	0.48	36	73.5	2	100.0	0.55	1	100.0	20	66.7	2	100.0	0.70
Male	4	21.0	5	19.2	3	42.9		13	26.5	0	0.0		0	0.0	10	33.3	0	0.0
Age
18–39	8	42.1	6	23.1	3	42.9	0.13	18	36.7	0	0.0	0.03	-	-	-	-			1.00
40–49	4	21.1	4	15.4	3	42.9		8	16.3	2	100.0		0	0.0	7	23.3	0	0.0
≥ 50	7	36.8	16	61.5	7	36.8		23	46.9	0	0.0		1	100.0	23	76.7	2	100.0
Relationship status
Married	9	47.4	17	65.4	3	42.9	0.43	28	57.1	1	50.0	0.68	1	100.0	18	60.0	2	100.0	0.69
Single	10	52.6	9	34.6	4	57.1		21	42.9	1	50.0		0	0.0	12	40.0	0	0.0
Ethnicity
Kalinago	13	68.4	18	69.2	5	71.4	1.00	33	67.3	2	100.0	0.47	1	100.0	23	76.7	2	100.0	1.00
Other	6	31.6	8	30.8	2	28.6		16	32.6	0	0.0		0	0.0	7	23.3	0	0.0
Education
≤ Primary	11	57.9	19	76.0	5	71.4	0.50	31	63.3	2	100.0	0.41	1	100.0	27	93.1	2	100.0	1.00
≥ High school	8	42.1	6	24.0	2	28.6		18	36.7	0	0.0		0	0.0	2	6.9	0	0.0
Household Income
< $5,000 ECD²	5	27.8	18	78.3	5	83.3	< 0.01	25	55.6	1	100.0	0.56	1	100.0	19	67.9	2	100.0	1.00
≥ $5,000 ECD²	13	72.2	5	21.7	1	16.7		20	44.4	0	0.0		0	0.0	9	32.1	0	0.0
Health Insurance
Insured	2	10.5	1	3.9	2	28.6	0.12	4	8.2	1	50.0	0.19	0	0.0	2	6.7	0	0.0	1.00
Uninsured	17	89.5	25	96.1	5	71.4		45	91.8	1	50.0		1	100.0	28	93.3	2	100.0
Birth Country
Dominica	17	89.5	26	100.0	7	100.0	0.24	47	95.9	2	100.0	0.92	1	100.0	32	100.0	2	100.0	1.00
Other	2	10.5	0	0.0	0	0.0		2	4.1	0	0.0		0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Language
English only	4	21.0	12	50.0	3	50.0	0.15	17	35.4	1	100.0	0.37	1	100.0	7	25.0	1	50.0	0.20
Multilingual	15	79.0	12	50.0	3	50.0		31	64.6	1	0.0		0	0.0	21	75.0	1	50.0
Has PCP²
Yes	11	57.9	15	57.7	3	50.0	1.00	25	52.1	1	50.0	0.73	0	0.0	13	40.6			0.61
No	8	42.1	11	42.3	3	50.0		23	47.9	1	50.0		1	100.0	19	59.4
Personal cancer history
Yes	0	0.0	2	7.7	0	0.0	0.63	2	4.1	0	0.0	0.92	0	0.0	2	6.7	0	0.0	1.00
No	19	100.0	24	92.3	7	100.0		47	95.9	2	100.0		1	100.0	28	93.3	2	100.0
Family cancer history
Yes	9	47.4	17	65.4	1	14.3	0.06	27	55.1	0	0.0	0.22	0	0.0	16	53.3.0	0	0.0	0.35
No	10	52.6	9	34.6	6	85.7		22	44.9	2	100.0		1	100.0	1614	46.7	2	100.0
Knows someone with cancer
Yes	12	66.7	13	52.0	5	71.4	0.53	29	60.4	1	50.0	0.64	0	0.0	15	53.6	2	100.0	0.34
No	6	33.3	12	48.0	2	28.615	57.7	19	39.6	1	50.0		1	100.0	13	46.4	0	0.0

¹ VI Very important, I Important, SI Somewhat important, NI Not important, NIAA Not important at all
² ECD Eastern Caribbean Dollar, PCP Primary care provider
³ Fisher exact tests for variables with cells < n = 5
⁴ Missing for: Relationship status n = 1, Education n = 1, Household Income n = 5, Health Insurance n = 1, Language n = 5, primary care provider n = 3, Knows Someone with Cancer n = 2

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcpublichealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com