Table 6.
Association of the basic demographic characteristics of the participants with their awareness and knowledge scoresa.
| Characteristics | N (%) | General knowledge | Symptomology | Screening/ diagnosis | Intervention/ treatment | All questions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean score ± SD | P valueb | Mean score ± SD | P valueb | Mean score ± SD | P valueb | Mean score ± SD | P valueb | Mean score ± SD | P valueb | ||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
| <30 | 64 (40.3) | 1.38 ± 1.06 | 0.204 | 3.94 ± 1.61 | 0.857 | 3.20 ± 0.89 | 0.704 | 1.53 ± 0.64 | 0.827 | 10.05 ± 3.05 | 0.573 |
| ≥30 | 95 (59.7) | 1.64 ± 1.22 | 3.94 ± 1.82 | 3.16 ± 0.87 | 1.58 ± 0.72 | 10.32 ± 3.53 | |||||
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Male | 17 (10.7) | 1.65 ± 1.32 | 0.708 | 3.82 ± 1.47 | 0.538 | 3.35 ± 0.79 | 0.799 | 1.59 ± 0.80 | 0.993 | 10.41 ± 3.47 | 0.753 |
| Female | 142 (89.3) | 1.52 ± 1.15 | 3.95 ± 1.77 | 3.15 ± 0.89 | 1.56 ± 0.68 | 10.18 ± 3.33 | |||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||||
| Han | 128 (80.5) | 1.54 ± 1.14 | 0.694 | 3.93 ± 1.70 | 0.663 | 3.20 ± 0.86 | 0.530 | 1.59 ± 0.72 | 0.465 | 10.26 ± 3.31 | 0.928 |
| Minority | 31 (19.5) | 1.52 ± 1.29 | 3.97 ± 1.89 | 3.06 ± 0.93 | 1.45 ± 0.57 | 10.00 ± 3.49 | |||||
| Education | |||||||||||
| Vocational | 84 (52.8) | 1.42 ± 1.12 | 0.231 | 3.80 ± 1.73 | 0.251 | 3.20 ± 0.92 | 0.389 | 1.54 ± 0.67 | 0.677 | 9.95 ± 3.35 | 0.445 |
| College | 75 (47.2) | 1.67 ± 1.20 | 4.09 ± 1.73 | 3.15 ± 0.83 | 1.59 ± 0.72 | 10.49 ± 3.33 | |||||
| Number of years in practice | |||||||||||
| <10 | 98 (61.6) | 1.35 ± 1.01 | 0.025* | 3.74 ± 1.75 | 0.072 | 3.15 ± 0.99 | 0.749 | 1.44 ± 0.59 | 0.009** | 9.68 ± 3.22 | 0.037* |
| ≥10 | 61 (38.4) | 1.84 ± 1.33 | 4.25 ± 1.68 | 3.21 ± 0.66 | 1.75 ± 0.79 | 11.05 ± 3.37 | |||||
| Occupation c | |||||||||||
| Doctor | 44 (35.2) | 1.91 ± 1.44 | 0.046* | 4.23 ± 1.79 | 0.082 | 3.07 ± 0.95 | 0.267 | 1.66 ± 0.64 | 0.111 | 10.86 ± 3.81 | 0.092 |
| Nurse | 81 (64.8) | 1.36 ± 1.04 | 3.69 ± 1.82 | 3.19 ± 0.94 | 1.48 ± 0.63 | 9.72 ± 3.35 | |||||
| Economic income (RMB/month) c | |||||||||||
| <5,000 | 93 (66.9) | 1.48 ± 1.08 | 0.739 | 3.89 ± 1.66 | 0.825 | 3.20 ± 0.89 | 0.223 | 1.53 ± 0.64 | 0.280 | 10.11 ± 3.12 | 0.937 |
| ≥5,000 | 46 (33.1) | 1.65 ± 1.40 | 3.93 ± 2.03 | 3.07 ± 0.95 | 1.67 ± 0.73 | 10.33 ± 4.07 | |||||
a: The total score was calculated by summing the scores of each question; 1 indicates a correct response, and 0 indicates incorrect / “not sure” responses.
b: Bold value indicate that the difference was considered statistically significant (
*
P < 0.05,
**
P < 0.01).
c: Unknown data were removed.