Table 4.

Mean (standard deviation) of subscale scores of the African version of Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire by breast cancer screening practices

	Ever preformed			Performed regularly as recommendeda
	Yes	No	P-value	Yes	No	P-value
Breast awareness
Attitudes towards general health check-ups	45.5 (26.4)	37.6 (27.8)	0.079	42.7 (33.6)	43.8 (26.0)	0.851
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer	49.3 (27.4)	40.4 (26.3)	0.051	44.3 (30.3)	47.6 (27.0)	0.587
Barriers to mammographic screening	58.9 (15.8)	55.1 (16.7)	0.167	63.5 (19.0)	57.3 (15.5)	0.082
Psychological barriers	44.8 (23.5)	43.7 (20.3)	0.768	52.2 (26.3)	43.6 (22.1)	0.089
Practical barriers	79.5 (11.4)	72.2 (19.2)	0.089	80.4 (15.5)	77.5 (13.7)	0.002
Clinical breast examination (40 years or older)
Attitudes towards general health check-ups	48.6 (25.2)	37.1 (28.8)	0.055	81.3 (18.8)	43.8 (26.2)	0.016
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer	50.6 (24.4)	36.4 (24.0)	0.011	61.1 (12.7)	45.6 (25.3)	0.296
Barriers to mammographic screening	58.2 (16.2)	54.3 (18.3)	0.314	70.0 (22.9)	56.5 (16.7)	0.176
Psychological barriers	45.1 (23.3)	42.0 (20.6)	0.541	63.9 (33.7)	43.5 (21.9)	0.122
Practical barriers	77.8 (13.6)	72.8 (24.1)	0.209	79.2 (19.1)	76.1 (17.5)	0.770
Mammogram (between 50 and 74 years)
Attitudes towards general health check-ups	40.4 (26.0)	31.3 (22.1)	0.113	38.9 (25.5)	38.2 (25.7)	0.884
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer	39.2 (25.7)	30.2 (22.2)	0.116	36.7 (24.7)	39.1 (26.4)	0.611
Barriers to mammographic screening	54.2 (13.9)	52.7 (12.0)	0.637	55.1 (12.5)	51.6 (15.2)	0.178
Psychological barriers	39.8 (19.0)	40.6 (17.3)	0.844	40.4 (18.1)	39.1 (19.9)	0.730
Practical barriers	75.7 (14.1)	70.8 (13.1)	0.122	77.1 (11.7)	70.3 (16.8)	0.009

^aBreast awareness, monthly; Clinical breast examination, annually; Mammogram, biennially