Table 3.
Patient perceived barriers to lung cancer screening, patients aged <55 and 55 to 80 (n=185)
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| Reasons Patients Delay Lung Cancer Screening | <55 (total n=63) N (%) | 55+ (total n=122) N (%) | p value† | |
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| Worry about result | Agree/strongly agree | 29 (46.8) | 64 (56.1) | 0.2344 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 33 (53.2) | 50 (43.9) | ||
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| Lack of time | Agree/strongly agree | 20 (32.3) | 18 (16.2) | 0.0145 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 42 (67.7) | 93 (83.8) | ||
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| Lack of regular health care provider | Agree/strongly agree | 5 (8.2) | 10 (9.1) | 0.8430 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 56 (91.8) | 100 (90.9) | ||
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| No family history of lung cancer | Agree/strongly agree | 29 (47.5) | 54 (48.6) | 0.8894 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 32 (52.5) | 57 (51.4) | ||
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| High cost | Agree/strongly agree | 26 (41.9) | 43 (38.1) | 0.6152 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 36 (58.1) | 70 (61.9) | ||
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| No symptoms of lung disease | Agree/strongly agree | 33 (53.2) | 49 (45.0) | 0.2979 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 29 (46.8) | 60 (55.0) | ||
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| Lack of transportation | Agree/strongly agree | 5 (8.1) | 9 (8.0) | 0.9947 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 57 (91.9) | 103 (92.0) | ||
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| Fear of harm from LDCT | Agree/strongly agree | 7 (11.3) | 10 (9.0) | 0.6288 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 55 (88.7) | 101 (91.0) | ||
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| Bad experience with healthcare | Agree/strongly agree | 7 (11.3) | 7 (6.3) | 0.2491 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 55 (88.7) | 104 (93.7) | ||
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| Lack of knowledge about the test | Agree/strongly agree | 39 (62.9) | 62 (56.4) | 0.4029 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 23 (37.1) | 48 (43.6) | ||
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| Believes too old to benefit from screening | Agree/strongly agree | 3 (4.8) | 13 (11.6) | 0.1389 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 59 (95.2) | 99 (88.4) | ||
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| Current smoker | Agree/strongly agree | 40 (64.5) | 69 (62.2) | 0.7584 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 22 (35.5) | 42 (37.8) | ||
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| Prefers not to know about any lung problems | Agree/strongly agree | 10 (16.1) | 25 (22.1) | 0.3430 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 52 (83.9) | 88 (77.9) | ||
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| Worry about feeling like social outcast for smoking | Agree/strongly agree | 24 (39.3) | 40 (35.7) | 0.6366 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 37 (60.7) | 72 (64.3) | ||
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| Worry about being blamed for having smoked | Agree/strongly agree | 30 (48.4) | 41 (36.9) | 0.1421 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 32 (51.6) | 70 (63.1) | ||
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| Not worth the effort | Agree/strongly agree | 7 (11.3) | 12 (10.7) | 0.9071 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 55 (88.7) | 100 (89.3) | ||
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| Lack of trust in healthcare system | Agree/strongly agree | 6 (9.7) | 10 (9.0) | 0.8843 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 56 (90.3) | 101 (91.0) | ||
†
Missing data are excluded from the analyses.
†
P-values based on chi-squared tests of association.