Table 6.

Summary of findings (significant predictors).

Significant variables	Feeling reassured and feeling more knowledgeable	Feeling anxious and feeling confused
Gender (men and women)	Women (reassured), both genders (more knowledgeable)	Women
Age group (years; 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and ≥70 years)	Younger	Younger
Self-rated health status (very bad, bad, neither good nor bad, good, and excellent)	Not significant	Below average (neutral, bad, and very bad)
Education (primary/partly secondary, upper secondary, tertiary short, and tertiary long)	High level of education	Not significant
Employment (works full-time, works part-time, unemployed, housekeeping, retired, student or military service, and social benefits receiver)	Part-time, unemployed, student or military service, or receives social benefits	Not retired
Medical condition currently or in the past (yes and no)	Yes	Yes
Enough friends, who could provide help and support (yes and no)	Not significant	No