Table 3.
Informed decision-making about CRC screening participation among respondents with low and adequate health literacy (n = 141).
| All respondents n = 141 |
Respondents with low health literacy n = 71 |
Respondents with adequate health literacy n = 70 |
p value Chi-square (Pearson) |
p value ANOVA (F test) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total knowledge of CRC and CRC screening, mean ± SD | 13.57 ± 1.95 | 13.21 ± 2.20 | 13.94 ± 1.61 | 0.03 (F 5.09) | |
| Knowledge | |||||
| Adequate, n (%) | 90 (64) | 43 (61) | 47 (67) | 0.41 | |
| Inadequate, n (%) | 51 (36) | 28 (39) | 23 (33) | ||
| Attitude towards CRC screening | |||||
| Positive, n (%) | 129 (100) | 60 (97) | 67 (100) | 0.14 | |
| Negative, n (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
| Missing | 12 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Intention to participate in CRC screening | |||||
| Positive, n (%) | 126 (89) | 63 (89) | 63 (90) | 0.81 | |
| Negative, n (%) | 15 (11) | 8 (11) | 7 (10) | ||
| Attitude-uptake consistency1 | |||||
| Consistent, n (%) | 116 (90) | 56 (90) | 60 (90) | 0.89 | |
| Not consistent, n (%) | 13 (10) | 6 (10) | 7 (10) | ||
| Missing | 12 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Informed decision-making | |||||
| Informed choice, n (%) | 73 (57) | 34 (55) | 39 (58) | 0.70 | |
| No informed choice, n (%) | 56 (43) | 28 (45) | 28 (42) | ||
| Missing | 12 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Decisional conflict, mean ± SD | 21.12 ± 15.54 | 25.82 ± 17.96 | 16.05 ± 10.37 | 0.00 (F 14.03) |
p < 0.05 in bold.
1Attitude-uptake consistency means a combination of a negative attitude with an intention not to participate or a positive attitude with an intention to participate. Inconsistency means a negative attitude and an intention to participate or a positive attitude and an intention not to participate. Attitude-uptake inconsistency is one of the elements of uninformed choice.