Table 1.

Distribution of the general knowledge of breast cancer in female patients attending primary healthcare centers in Najran City, Saudi Arabia

Predictor		General knowledge level						P
		Low		Moderate		High
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age in years	<30	90	57.0%	55	34.8	13	8.2	0.906
	30–39	115	53.2	79	36.6	22	10.2
	40–49	53	53.0	35	35.0	12	12.0
	50+	14	53.8	8	30.8	4	15.4
Education level	Illiterate	40	61.5	20	30.8	5	7.7	0.006*
	Primary	48	61.5	19	24.4	11	14.1
	Secondary	95	61.7	48	31.2	11	7.1
	University	68	46.6	60	41.1	18	12.3
	Postgraduate	21	36.8	30	52.6	6	10.5
Occupation	Working	39	36.4	51	47.7	17	15.9	0.001*
	Housewife	233	59.3	126	32.1	34	8.7
Marital status	Single	37	63.8	16	27.6	5	8.6	0.522
	Married	186	53.0	131	37.3	34	9.7
	Divorced	33	58.9	16	28.6	7	12.5
	Widow	16	45.7	14	40.0	5	14.3
Medical history	Free	215	59.9	119	33.1	25	7.0	0.001*
	Positive	57	40.4	58	41.1	26	18.4
History of benign breast disease	Yes	23	65.7	6	17.1	6	17.1	0.045*
	No	249	53.5	171	36.8	45	9.7
Age of marriage	< 20	102	56.7	55	30.6	23	12.8	0.246
	20–29	107	50.7	88	41.7	16	7.6
	30–39	24	50.0	17	35.4	7	14.6
	40+	2	66.7	1	33.3	0	0.0
Parity	Nulliparous	40	51.3	25	32.1	13	16.7	0.351
	Less than 4	134	54.0	93	37.5	21	8.5
	4+	61	52.6	43	37.1	12	10.3
Age of menarche	Unknown	57	51.8	34	30.9	19	17.3	0.001*
	< 12 years	105	66.5	38	24.1	15	9.5
	12–14	87	45.5	92	48.2	12	6.3
	After 14 years	23	56.1	13	31.7	5	12.2
Age of menopause	Still menstruating	243	54.4	161	36.0	43	9.6	0.229
	Before 50 years	12	60.0	4	20.0	4	20.0
	After 50 years	4	36.4	4	36.4	3	27.3
	Don’t know	13	59.1	8	36.4	1	4.5

*P < 0.05 (significant)