Table 4.
Perceived responsibility, knowledge and acceptability of a Primary Care Physician in cancer prevention role.
| Responsibility | Strongly Agree | Agree | No Opinion | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
| Primary Care Physicians should try and provide cancer prevention | 46.90% | 51% | 1.60% | 0.50% | 0% |
| (n = 173) | (n = 188) | (n = 6) | (n = 2) | (n = 0) | |
| Primary Care Physicians spend too much time on the treatment of cancer rather than providing cancer prevention | 15.10% | 44% | 21.90% | 17.30% | 1.60% |
| (n = 56) | (n = 163) | (n = 81) | (n = 64) | (n = 6) | |
| Primary Care Physicians have a responsibility to screen high-risk cancer groups | 20.80% | 59.40% | 12.10% | 7.70% | 0% |
| (n = 76) | (n = 217) | (n = 44) | (n = 28) | (n = 0) | |
| Knowledge | Strongly Agree | Agree | No Opinion | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
| I have sufficient knowledge to educate patients about cancer prevention | 11.10% | 64.50% | 17.40% | 6.90% | 0.30% |
| (n = 40) | (n = 234) | (n = 63) | (n = 25) | (n = 1) | |
| I require up-to-date information on cancer prevention strategies | 25.10% | 65.60% | 5.50% | 3.10% | 0.80% |
| (n = 91) | (n = 238) | (n = 20) | (n = 11) | (n = 3) | |
| I require a better understanding of how to change opinions regarding cancer prevention | 19.30% | 54.80% | 13.50% | 11.60% | 0.80% |
| (n = 70) | (n = 199) | (n = 49) | (n = 42) | (n = 3) | |
| Perceived Acceptability | Strongly Agree | Agree | No Opinion | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
| Patients are very set in their ways and do not want to change | 13.30% | 51.10% | 11.70% | 23.90% | 0% |
| (n = 49) | (n = 188) | (n = 43) | (n = 88) | (n = 0) | |
| Patients do not like the Primary Care Physician to meddle in their private life | 8% | 41.90% | 18.10% | 31.80% | 0.30% |
| (n = 29) | (n = 153) | (n = 66) | (n = 116) | (n = 1) | |
| Patients do not approach their Primary Care Physician for advice on cancer prevention | 7.90% | 40.20% | 12.10% | 38.30% | 1.60% |
| (n = 29) | (n = 147) | (n = 44) | (n = 140) | (n = 6) | |
| Primary Care Physicians may increase anxiety in the patient population by undertaking cancer prevention activities | 4.90% | 25.30% | 15.50% | 46.60% | 7.60% |
| (n = 18) | (n = 93) | (n = 57) | (n = 171) | (n = 28) | |
| After consultation with a patient on cancer risk, I do not think they will follow my recommendation | 4.10% | 18.80% | 22.60% | 51.80% | 2.70% |
| (n = 15) | (n = 69) | (n = 83) | (n = 190) | (n = 10) |