Table 1.
Screening knowledge statement | Native American (n = 52) N (percent) | White (n= 113) N (percent) | P-value |
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Screening tests for cancer should only be done for people who have symptoms that might be caused by cancer. | |||
True | 9(17) | 12(11) | 0.23 |
False/I don’t knowa | 43 (83) | 101 (89) | |
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Screening tests for cancer only need to be done once in a person’s lifetime. | |||
True | 4(8) | 0(0) | 0.003 |
False/I don’t knowa | 48 (92) | 113(100) | |
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People who do not have a family history of cancer still need to be screened for cancer. | |||
Truea | 48 (92) | 109 (96) | 0.49 |
False/I don’t know | 3(6) | 4(4) | |
Prefer not to answer | 1 (2) | 0(0) | |
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Only people who smoke need to be screened for cancer. | |||
True | 5(10) | 1 (D | |
False/I don’t knowa | 46 (88) | 112(99) | 0.005 |
Prefer not to answer | 1 (2) | 0(0) |
Denotes the correct answer, which was given a score of 1 for tabulation of the scores for the battery for screening knowledge. All other answers were given a score of zero.
NOTE: The tabulated score of Table 1 was summed with the tabulated score of Table 2 to comprise the total score for screening knowledge.
RCRH CCI = Rapid City Regional Hospital Cancer Care Institute