Table 2.
Comparison of T0 completers and non-completers of each psychological outcome in the screening sample
| Cancer worry | Anxiety | Depression | |||||||
| T0 completers (n=787) |
T0 non-completers (n=218) |
P value | T0 completers (n=744) |
T0 non- completers (n=261) |
P value | T0 completers (n=755) |
T0 non- completers (n=250) |
P value | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||||||
| Female | 362 (46.0) | 94 (43.1) | 0.45† | 351 (47.2) | 105 (40.2) | 0.05† | 349 (46.2) | 107 (42.8) | 0.35† |
| Male | 425 (54.0) | 124 (56.9) | 393 (52.8) | 156 (59.8) | 406 (53.8) | 143 (57.2) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 65.67 (4.01) | 66.83 (4.60) | <0.01‡ | 65.75 (4.05) | 66.69 (4.42) | <0.01‡ | 65.83 (4.06) | 66.47 (4.46) | 0.05‡ |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||||
| White | 660 (84.1) | 168 (77.4) | 0.02† | 632 (85.2) | 196 (75.4) | <0.001† | 640 (84.9) | 188 (75.8) | <0.01† |
| Minority ethnic group | 125 (15.9) | 49 (22.6) | 110 (14.8) | 64 (24.6) | 114 (15.1) | 60 (24.2) | |||
| Education status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Finished school ≤age of 15 | 387 (49.2) | 136 (63.0) | <0.01† | 363 (48.9) | 160 (61.5) | <0.01† | 361 (47.9) | 162 (65.1) | <0.001† |
| Completed CSEs/O levels | 83 (10.5) | 21 (9.7) | 78 (10.5) | 26 (10.0) | 78 (10.3) | 26 (10.4) | |||
| Completed A-levels/further/other | 138 (17.5) | 27 (12.5) | 130 (17.5) | 35 (13.5) | 138 (18.3) | 27 (10.8) | |||
| Completed university degree | 179 (22.7) | 32 (14.8) | 172 (23.1) | 39 (15.0) | 177 (23.5) | 34 (13.7) | |||
| Employment status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Retired | 481 (62.7) | 140 (68.0) | 0.36† | 453 (62.7) | 168 (67.2) | 0.18† | 460 (62.8) | 161 (67.1) | 0.14† |
| Employed | 226 (29.5) | 51 (24.8) | 217 (30.0) | 60 (24.0) | 220 (30.0) | 57 (23.8) | |||
| Unemployed/disabled/homemaker/other | 60 (7.8%) | 15 (7.3%) | 53 (7.3) | 22 (8.8) | 53 (7.2) | 22 (9.2) | |||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Married/cohabiting Not married/cohabiting |
355 (45.2) 431 (54.8) |
73 (33.8) 143 (66.2) |
<0.01† | 329 (44.3) 413 (55.7) |
99 (38.1) 161 (61.9) |
0.08† | 338 (44.9) 415 (55.1) |
90 (36.1) 159 (63.9) |
0.02† |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Current smoker (including occasional) | 538 (68.6) | 171 (79.2) | <0.01† | 511 (68.9) | 198 (76.7) | 0.02† | 515 (68.5) | 194 (78.2) | <0.01† |
| Former smoker | 246 (31.4) | 45 (20.8) | 231 (31.1) | 60 (23.3) | 237 (31.5) | 54 (21.8) | |||
| LDCT scan result, n (%) | |||||||||
| No LDCT scan | 156 (19.8) | 79 (36.2) | <0.001† | 142 (19.1) | 93 (35.6) | <0.001† | 150 (19.9) | 85 (34.0) | <0.001† |
| Negative LDCT scan | 196 (24.9) | 41 (18.8) | 187 (25.1) | 50 (19.2) | 189 (25.0) | 48 (19.2) | |||
| Indeterminate pulmonary nodule | 104 (13.2) | 23 (10.6) | 107 (14.4) | 20 (7.7) | 105 (13.9) | 22 (8.8) | |||
| Suspicious thoracic lesion | 27 (3.4) | 6 (2.8) | 23 (3.1) | 10 (3.8) | 27 (3.6) | 6 (2.4) | |||
| Incidental finding (GP follow-up) | 268 (34.1) | 60 (27.5) | 251 (33.7) | 77 (29.5) | 250 (33.1) | 78 (31.2) | |||
| Incidental finding (hospital follow-up) | 36 (4.6) | 9 (4.1) | 34 (4.6) | 11 (4.2) | 11 (4.4) | ||||
Ns may vary in each cell due to missing data.
*χ2 test (categorical variables)
†Independent samples t test (continuous variables)
CSE, Certificate of Secondary Education; GP, General Practitioner; LDCT, low-dose CT.