Table 2.
Attitudes to cancer and bowel cancer | Strongly agree |
Agree | Don’t care |
Disagree | Strongly disagree |
P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
It’s important for me to know about cancer | Male | 76.1 | 18.9 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.037 |
Female | 76.3 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||
Total | 76.2 | 19.7 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
It’s just misfortune that someone has cancer | Male | 10.9 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 36.4 | 27.7 | 0.072 |
Female | 9.6 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 38.4 | 29.3 | ||
Total | 10.1 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 37.6 | 28.6 | ||
Colorectal cancer diagnosed in early stage can treat better | Male | 62.6 | 30.6 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.234 |
Female | 62.5 | 31.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||
Total | 62.5 | 31.1 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
Regular physical examination can find cancer in early stage | Male | 64.6 | 29.4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.003 |
Female | 67.8 | 27.9 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||
Total | 66.6 | 28.5 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
I will take physical examination regularly | Male | 49.4 | 37.4 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.003 |
Female | 52.2 | 37.8 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 1 | ||
Total | 51.2 | 37.6 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | ||
I will try to stop smoking and alcohol abuse | Male | 51.8 | 34.9 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0.005 |
Female | 56 | 32 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | ||
Total | 54.4 | 33.1 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 | ||
Colorectal cancer screening are effective | Male | 17.1 | 33.5 | 30 | 9.5 | 10 | <0.001 |
Female | 17.8 | 39.1 | 26.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
Total | 17.4 | 37.2 | 27.6 | 9 | 8.8 | ||
Cancer screening should be widely implemented | Male | 32.5 | 35.7 | 26.2 | 3.6 | 2 | <0.001 |
Female | 38.4 | 36.5 | 20.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | ||
Total | 36.3 | 36.2 | 22.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 |