Table 4.
Instrument scoring: the percentage and mean scores for Health Beliefs and Illness Perceptions
| Health Beliefs | ||||
| aSubscale | Minimum | Maximum | Mean Score | Percentage Score |
| Perceived Susceptibility | 3 | 15 | 9.6 | 64.0% |
| Perceived Benefits | 6 | 30 | 23.9 | 79.7% |
| Perceived Barriers | 13 | 65 | 29.3 | 45.1% |
| Cues to action | 7 | 35 | 26.8 | 76.6% |
| Self-Efficacy | 7 | 35 | 27.2 | 77.7% |
| Illness Perceptions | ||||
| aSubscale | Minimum | Maximum | Mean Score | Percentage Score |
| Breast Cancer Identity | 8 | 40 | 30.6 | 76.5% |
| Causes of Breast Cancer | 18 | 90 | 56.2 | 62.4% |
| Cancer Timeline: Acute/Chronic | 2 | 10 | 6.1 | 61.0% |
| Cancer Timeline: Cyclical | 1 | 5 | 3.6 | 72.0% |
| Consequences | 8 | 40 | 28.3 | 70.8% |
| Personal Control | 3 | 15 | 11.8 | 78.7% |
| Treatment Control | 3 | 15 | 9.9 | 66.0% |
| Illness Coherence | 2 | 10 | 7 | 70.0% |
| Emotional Representations | 5 | 15 | 12.3 | 82.0% |
aAll subscale items were grouped according to their respective subscale. Each subscale item had 5 response options ranging from 1 = ‘strongly disagree’ to 5 = ‘strongly agree’