Table 5.
Socio-demographic characteristics and their relations with some cancer beliefs variables.
| n | Disagree with question of luck (n = 364; 60.5%) | Early detection can improve treatment (n = 569; 94.5%) | Lifestyle influence risk of oral cancer (n = 495; 82.2%) | |
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| Gender | ||||
| Male | 221 | 134 (60.6) | 211 (100) | 187 (84.6) |
| Female | 381 | 230 (60.4) | 358 (94) | 308 (80.8) |
| P | 0.949 | 0.432 | 0.243 | |
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| Age | ||||
| <49 years | 298 | 216 (72.5) | 284 (95.3) | 262 (87.9) |
| >49 years | 304 | 148 (48.7) | 285 (93.7) | 233 (76.6) |
| P | <0.001 | 0.403 | <0.001 | |
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| Professional class | ||||
| I/II | 56 | 46 (82.1) | 53 (94.6) | 50 (89.2) |
| III | 51 | 34 (66.6) | 49 (96) | 45 (88.2) |
| IV | 188 | 115 (61.1) | 175 (93) | 157 (83.5) |
| V | 307 | 169 (55) | 292 (95.1) | 243 (79.1) |
| P | 0.001 | 0.754 | 0.147 | |
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| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 112 | 85 (75.8) | 110 (98.2) | 99 (88.4) |
| Married | 402 | 233 (57.9) | 381 (94.8) | 328 (81.6) |
| Widow/divorced/separated | 88 | 46 (52.3) | 78 (88.6) | 68 (77.3) |
| P | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.105 | |
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| Education | ||||
| Without | 50 | 21 (42) | 45 (90) | 34 (68) |
| Primary school | 429 | 236 (55) | 404 (94.1) | 348 (81.1) |
| Secondary | 81 | 69 (85.2) | 79 (97.5) | 73 (90.1) |
| Technic-vocation/university | 42 | 38 (90.5) | 41 (97.6) | 40 (95.2) |
| P | <0.001 | 0.234 | 0.001 | |
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| Smoking | ||||
| Nonsmoker | 367 | 214 (58.3) | 345 (94) | 297 (80.9) |
| Smoker | 141 | 97 (68.8) | 135 (95.7) | 123 (87.2) |
| Ex-smoker | 94 | 53 (56.4) | 89 (94.7) | 75 (79.8) |
| P | 0.065 | 0.741 | 0.199 | |
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| Heavy smoking | ||||
| No | 517 | 313 (60.5) | 489 (94.6) | 426 (82.4) |
| Yes | 85 | 51 (60) | 80 (94.1) | 69 (81.1) |
| P | 0.925 | 0.861 | 0.761 | |
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| Alcohol | ||||
| Nonconsumer | 253 | 157 (62) | 232 (91.7) | 200 (79) |
| Consumer | 301 | 186 (61.8) | 290 (96.3) | 255 (84.7) |
| Ex-consumer | 48 | 21 (43.8) | 47 (97.9) | 40 (83.3) |
| P | 0.047 | 0.032 | 0.216 | |
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| Heavy alcohol | ||||
| No | 534 | 331 (61.9) | 503 (94.1) | 436 (81.6) |
| yes | 68 | 33 (48.5) | 66 (97) | 59 (86.8) |
| P | 0.033 | 0.328 | 0.299 | |
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| Fruit and vegetables | ||||
| <5 units/day | 459 | 281 (61.2) | 431 (93.9) | 375 (81.7) |
| >5 units/day | 143 | 83 (58) | 138 (96.5) | 120 (83.9) |
| P | 0.497 | 0.232 | 0.545 | |
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| Oral hygiene frequency | ||||
| <1 day | 70 | 25 (35.7) | 57 (81.4) | 56 (80) |
| 1 or more per day | 532 | 339 (63.7) | 512 (96.2) | 439 (82.5) |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.604 | |
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| Dentist visits | ||||
| <1 year | 339 | 181 (53.3) | 315 (92.9) | 277 (81.7) |
| 1 or more per year | 263 | 183 (69.6) | 254 (96.6) | 218 (82.9) |
| P | <0.001 | 0.051 | 0.707 | |