Table 7.

Bivariate association between the negative PCQ score and demographic, medical, psychosocial and screening characteristics

Demographic and screening characteristics	Negative PCQ Mean	SD	Neg PCQ P
Age	4.97	0.09
Religion	4.97	0.08
Result of the last mammography			0.02
Suspicious	4.79	6.06
Benign	12.43	11.20
Normal	3.38	6.01
Number of biopsies			0.02
1	2.69	5.67
2	5.61	7.64
3	10.63	9.61
4	18	9.85
5	5	0
8	7	9.90
Date of the last biopsy			0.02
1st 50%	6.74	1.23
2nd 50%	3.20	0.80
Psychosocial and screening effects	Negative PCQ Mean	SD	Neg PCQ P
Worry about Breast Cancer			0.002
Frequently	10.04	9.62
Often	4	6.61
Rarely	5.13	6.79
Never	1.82	3.88
Worry affects Humor			0.0008
Frequently	11.7	10.6
Often	14.67	11.60
Rarely	9.14	6.94
Never	3	5.33
Worry affects daily work			0.0003
Frequently	13	10.37
Often	14.67	11.60
Rarely	9.80	6.50
Never	3.08	5.42
Increase in medical visits after the biopsy			0.028
Yes	10.70	9.25
No	4.21	6.82
Adherence to mammography			0.057
Yes	5.94	8.03
No	5.45	1.83

Only variables with P<0.1 are presented; P significant if P≤0.05. SD: Standard Deviation