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. 2025 Jul 11;12:100755. doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100755

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of the ATSPPH latent profiles among patients with CRC.

Variables Negative attitudes-high independence group (n ​= ​63) General attitudes group (n ​= ​122) Positive attitudes-high affirmation group (n ​= ​51) Statistic P
Age (years, mean ​± ​SD) 68.87 ​± ​7.44 62.95 ​± ​10.38 58.08 ​± ​10.21 F ​= ​18.041 < 0.001
Occupational status (n) χ2 ​= ​45.630 < 0.001
Jobless 16 25 7
Incumbency 2 10 12
Retire 4 31 20
Farm 30 46 4
Other 11 10 8
Education level (n) H ​= ​34.178 < 0.001
Primary and below 42 49 11
Middle school 20 42 18
High school 1 21 15
College and above 0 10 7
Family monthly income per capita (n) H ​= ​42.604 < 0.001
< 2000 yuan 60 83 19
2000-4000 yuan 3 36 32
> 4000 yuan 0 3 0
Payment method (n) χ2 ​= ​24.403 < 0.001
Employee medical insurance 5 27 18
Urban resident medical insurance 28 49 28
New rural cooperative medical insurance 30 46 5
Current residence (n) χ2 ​= ​18.141 < 0.001
Towns 34 76 46
Rural 29 46 5
Self-rated health status (n) H ​= ​13.100 0.001
Preferably 1 0 1
General 17 56 31
Mediocre 45 66 19
Treatment modalities (n) Fisher ​= ​10.969 0.011
None 2 0 0
Surgery 38 96 42
Surgery and chemotherapy/radiotherapy 23 26 9
MMHL scores (mean ​± ​SD) 2.94 ​± ​2.66 4.78 ​± ​4.29 10.41 ​± ​4.79 F ​= ​49.604 < 0.001
SSPPH scores (mean ​± ​SD) 36.76 ​± ​3.95 32.52 ​± ​7.26 23.39 ​± ​5.76 F ​= ​99.352 < 0.001

CRC, colorectal cancer; ATSPPH, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help; SD, standard deviation; MMHL, mental health literacy; SSPPH, stigma for seeking professional psychological help.