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. 2019 Mar;120:19–25. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.005

Table 2.

Willingness to receive lifestyle advice in cervical, breast, and FS screening scenarios.

Willing to receive lifestyle advice at cancer screeninga
Willing to receive lifestyle advice if further investigations are neededa
McNemars χ2
n % (95% CI) Dichotomised % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) Dichotomised % (95% CI) χ2 p
Cervical cancer screening (n = 649)
Yes, definitely 368 56.8 (52.8–60.7) Yes, definitely 401 62.1 (58.1–65.9)
Yes, probably 144 22.1 (19.1–25.6) 78.9 (75.5–82.0) Yes, probably 157 24.3 (21.0–27.8) 86.3 (83.4–88.8) 22.0 0.001
No, probably not 50 7.8 (5.9–10.2) No, probably not 26 4.0 (2.8–5.8)
No, definitely not 62 9.6 (7.4–12.2) No, definitely not 29 4.4 (3.0–6.5)
Not sure 25 3.8 (2.6–5.5) 21.1 (18.0–24.6) Not sure 34 5.2 (3.8–7.2) 13.7 (11.2–16.6)



Breast cancer screening (n = 377)
Yes, definitely 214 56.7 (51.2–61.9) Yes, definitely 226 60.7 (55.2–65.9)
Yes, probably 86 22.7 (18.5–27.6) 79.4 (74.7–83.4) Yes, probably 83 22.3 (18.1–27.1) 83.0 (78.5–86.7) 3.38 0.087
No, probably not 30 8.0 (5.5–11.4) No, probably not 24 6.5 (4.3–9.9)
No, definitely not 36 9.6 (6.9–13.4) No, definitely not 27 7.3 (4.9–10.8)
Not sure 11 3.0 (1.7–5.3) 20.6 (16.6–25.3) Not sure 12 3.2 (1.8–5.4) 17.0 (13.3–21.5)



FS screening (n = 307)b
Yes, definitely 159 51.5 (44.9–58.1) Yes, definitely 170 55.1 (48.5–61.6)
Yes, probably 93 30.3 (24.5–36.8) 81.8 (76.1–86.3) Yes, probably 92 30.0 (24.3–36.3) 85.1 (79.5–89.4) 2.63 0.143
No, probably not 23 7.5 (4.8–11.7) No, probably not 21 6.9 (4.0–11.5)
No, definitely not 26 8.6 (5.5–13.3) No, definitely not 18 6.0 (3.4–10.1)
Not sure 6 2.1 (0.9–4.7) 18.2 (13.7–23.9) Not sure 6 2.1 (0.9–4.7) 14.9 (10.7–20.5)
a

Data presented is weighted.

b

Flexible sigmoidoscopy.