Socio-demographics |
Gender |
Male |
35 (65%) |
19 (35%) |
χ2 = 0.32, p = 0.57 |
Female |
37 (60%) |
5 (40%) |
Age, years |
20-33 |
30 (73%) |
11 (27%) |
χ2 = 6.67, p = 0.036 |
34-45 |
18 (46%) |
21 (54%) |
46-54 |
24 (67%) |
12 (33%) |
Education |
High school or less |
33 (67%) |
16 (33%) |
χ2 = 1.20, p = 0.55 |
Some college |
23 (56%) |
18 (44%) |
College graduate |
15 (62%) |
10 (39%) |
Employment |
Unemployed/part-time employed |
21 (66%) |
11 (34%) |
χ2 = 0.24, p = 0.63 |
Full-time employed |
51 (61%) |
33 (39%) |
Frequency of Internet access |
Less than daily access |
25 (81%) |
6 (19%) |
χ2 = 6.20, p = 0.013 |
Daily access |
47 (55%) |
38 (45%) |
|
Awareness and cognitions |
Prior awareness of genetic tests for cancer risk |
Not aware |
42 (71%) |
17 (29%) |
χ2 = 4.24, p = 0.039 |
Aware |
30 (53%) |
27 (47%) |
Perceived risk of lung cancer, mean (SD) |
5.25 (1.16) |
5.52 (0.98) |
F = 1.70, p = 0.20 |
Worry about lung cancer, mean (SD) |
3.51 (1.20) |
3.91 (1.20) |
F = 2.97, p = 0.087 |
Positive attitudes towards genetic testing, mean (SD) |
4.29 (0.73) |
4.52 (0.73) |
F = 0.75, p = 0.39 |
Negative attitudes towards genetic testing, mean (SD) |
1.99 (0.85) |
1.94 (0.81) |
F = 0.08, p = 0.78 |
|
Smoking characteristics |
Motivation to quit smoking, mean (SD) |
5.72 (1.58) |
6.34 (1.18) |
F = 5.04, p = 0.027 |
Number of cigarettes per day, mean (SD) |
17.17 (8.99) |
16.25 (7.19) |
F = 0.33, p = 0.57 |
Minutes until first cigarette, mean (SD) |
48.39 (73.03) |
52.86 (92.33) |
F = 0.08, p = 0.77 |