Table 4.
Intentions to undergo lung cancer screening among male participants according to lung cancer risk
| Variable | Average risk (n=1,570) |
High-risk (n=160) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| High intentiona) | p-value | High intentiona) | p-value | |
| Total | 784 (49.9) | 97 (60.6) | 0.10b) | |
| Age group (yr) | ||||
| 40-54 | 539 (53.1) | 0.001 | NA | NA |
| 55-74 | 245 (44.2) | 97 (60.6) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Without spouse | 46 (39.0) | 0.013 | 7 (70.0) | 0.741 |
| With spouse | 738 (50.8) | 90 (60.0) | ||
| Years of education | ||||
| < 6 | 19 (40.4) | < 0.001 | 8 (57.1) | 0.953 |
| 6-12 | 397 (44.7) | 71 (60.7) | ||
| ≥ 13 | 368 (58.0) | 18 (62.1) | ||
| Monthly household income | ||||
| ≤ 2,999 | 146 (42.9) | 0.008 | 42 (60.9) | 0.923 |
| 3,000-4,999 | 431 (50.8) | 36 (59.0) | ||
| ≥ 5,000 | 207 (54.2) | 19 (63.3) | ||
| Private health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 671 (51.0) | 0.067 | 67 (62.0) | 0.598 |
| No | 113 (44.7) | 30 (57.4) | ||
| Residency | ||||
| Metropolitan | 376 (57.1) | < 0.001 | 79 (67.5) | 0.003 |
| Non-metropolitan | 408 (44.8) | 18 (41.9) | ||
| Self-reported health status | ||||
| Good | 483 (50.6) | 0.612 | 43 (55.8) | 0.406 |
| Normal | 279 (49.3) | 49 (66.2) | ||
| Poor | 22 (44.0) | 5 (55.5) | ||
| Regular health check-ups | ||||
| Yes | 246 (48.7) | 0.504 | 45 (72.6) | 0.014 |
| No | 538 (50.5) | 52 (53.1) | ||
| Family history of cancer | ||||
| Yes | 132 (55.7) | 0.054 | 15 (55.6) | 0.554 |
| No | 652 (48.9) | 82 (61.7) | ||
| Access to cancer screening unit | ||||
| Convenient | 677 (51.6) | 0.004 | 82 (61.7) | 0.554 |
| Inconvenient | 107 (41.6) | 15 (55.6) | ||
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never smoker | 122 (39.1) | < 0.001 | NA | |
| Former smoker | 138 (57.7) | 33 (64.7) | 0.470 | |
| Current smoker | 524 (51.4) | 64 (58.7) | ||
| Ever recommended lung cancer screening | ||||
| Yes | 96 (79.3) | < 0.001 | 20 (87.0) | 0.005 |
| No | 688 (47.5) | 77 (56.2) | ||
| Prior lung cancer screening | ||||
| Yes | 71 (80.7) | < 0.001 | 15 (88.2) | 0.014 |
| No | 713 (48.1) | 82 (57.3) | ||
| Susceptibilityc) | 3.05±0.76 | < 0.001 | 3.25±0.66 | 0.005 |
| Severityd) | 3.68±0.75 | < 0.001 | 3.62±0.68 | 0.291 |
| Benefitsc) | 3.54±0.97 | 0.062 | 3.60±0.82 | 0.104 |
| Barriersc) | 2.90±0.77 | < 0.001 | 2.87±0.80 | < 0.001 |
Values are presented as number (%) or mean±SD. NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.
a)
Percentage of people with strong intentions among the average and high risk groups,
b)
p-value when comparing strong intention rate between the average- and high-risk groups,
c)
Comparing means between the strong and weak intention groups using t test,
d)
Testing differences in the distribution of variables between the strong and weak intention groups using Mann-Whitney test.