Table 4.
Variable | Doctors(n = 45) Number(%) |
Nurses(n = 141) Number(%) |
Others(n = 121) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Breast cancer is curable if detected early | 41(91.1) | 121(85.5) | 17(80.9) | 0.053 |
Surgery is the most effective method of treatment for breast cancer | 35(77.8) | 108(76.6) | 17(80.9) | 0.806 |
Alternative or herbal medicine cannot cure breast cancer | 22(48.9) | 97(68.8) | 13(61.9) | 0.05 |
Breast cancer cannot disappear following prayer | 10(22.2) | 37(26.2) | 7(33.3) | 0.197 |
Others* = Pharmacists, Laboratory scientists and Physiotherapists.