Table 3.
Medical and Cancer Screening Knowledge by Healthcare Professionals’ Gender
| Variables | Males n=119 | Females n=260 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of Screening Tests | Correct Responses n(%) | Incorrect Responses n(%) | Correct Responses n(%) | Incorrect Responses n(%) | |
| What is your understanding of mammogram? (screening test/ therapeutic test) | 118(99.16) | 1(0.84) | 247(97.24) | 7(2.76) | 0.444** |
| At what age a woman should have a mammogram? (≥30 years/≥40 years/or ≥50 years) | 63(53.85) | 55(46.61) | 136(53.13) | 120(46.87) | 0.962* |
| In your opinion if a woman’s breast self-exam is normal, then a mammogram is not needed? (yes/no) | 106(89.08) | 13(10.92) | 200(78.74) | 54(21.26) | 0.015* |
| In your opinion, at what age women should have pap smear? (20 y/ 25 y/ 30 y/ when becomes sexually active) | 51(44.74) | 63(55.26) | 140(55.12) | 114(44.88) | 0.065* |
| In your opinion, at what age screening for colon cancer should be done? (30/≥40/ 50 years) | 48(40.34) | 71(59.60) | 27(10.67) | 226(89.33) | <0.0001* |
| In your opinion, at what age screening for diabetes should be done? (30/≥40–45/ 50 years) | 48(41.03) | 69(58.97) | 73(28.74) | 181(71.26) | 0.019* |
| In your opinion, screening for diabetes depends upon which of the below risk factors? BMI >25, first degree relative diagnosed with diabetes, Ethnicity (Asian, African American,), Sedentary life style, All of the above | 91(77.12) | 27(22.88) | 196(78.71) | 53(21.28) | 0.729* |
Notes: *Chi-square test. **Fisher exact test.