. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2009 Sep;35(9):40–50. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20090731-09

TABLE 3. COMPARISON OF HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND SCREENING BETWEEN OLDER (n = 73) AND YOUNGER (n = 114) KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN BY AGE.

Health Belief	Age Group	Mean^a (SD)	t test	p value
Susceptibility	Older	2.335 (0.433)	−2.949	0.004
	Younger	2.546 (0.535)
Seriousness	Older	3.290 (0.432)	3.026	0.003
	Younger	3.089 (0.457)
Benefits	Older	3.608 (0.337)	−3.986	0.000
	Younger	3.787 (0.274)
Barriers	Older	2.305 (0.234)	6.375	0.000
	Younger	2.115 (0.171)

Mean scores on the Korean-language Health Belief Model scale (Janz, Champion, & Strecher, 2002) range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).