Table 5 Attitudes towards health care and health care providers

Doctor talked to participant about breast cancer

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 97.89, p < 0.001*

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 151.4, p < 0.001*

χ2(1, N = 695) = 63.22, p < 0.001*

No

64 (8.0)

740 (92.0)

172 (21.4)

632 (78.6)

102 (19.4)

425 (80.6)

Yes

84 (32.4)

175 (67.6)

161 (62.2)

98 (37.8)

85 (50.6)

83 (49.4)

Participant understands doctor

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 0.78, p = 0.377

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 37.67, p < 0.001*

χ2(1, N = 695) = 13.20, p < 0.001*

No

45 (12.6)

312 (87.4)

68 (19.0)

289 (81.0)

37 (17.6)

173 (82.4)

Yes

103 (14.6)

603 (85.4)

265 (37.5)

441 (62.5)

150 (30.9)

335 (69.1)

Participant trusts doctor

No

23 (10.7)

191 (89.3)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 2.25, p = 0.133

49 (22.9)

165 (77.1)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 8.85, p = 0.003*

30 (21.7)

108 (78.3)

χ2(1, N = 695) = 2.34, p = 0.126

Yes

125 (14.7)

724 (85.3)

284 (33.5)

565 (66.5)

157 (28.2)

400 (71.8)

What kind of health care provider (HCP) would participant prefer to perform a breast examination?

Male or No preference

21 (21.4)

77 (78.6)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 5.08, p = 0.024*

42 (42.9)

56 (57.1)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 6.67, p = 0.010*

24 (33.8)

47 (66.2)

χ2(1, N = 695) = 1.91, p = 0.167

Female HCP

127 (13.2)

838 (86.8)

291 (30.2)

674 (69.8)

163 (26.1)

461 (73.9)

Nurse or No preference

32 (10.9)

261 (89.1)

χ2(1, N = 1061) = 2.75, p = 0.097

81 (27.6)

212 (72.4)

χ2(1, N = 1061) = 2.50, p = 0.114

42 (20.2)

166 (79.8)

χ2(1, N = 694) = 6.61, p = 0.010*

Doctor

114 (14.8)

654 (85.2)

251 (32.7)

517 (67.3)

144 (29.6)

342 (70.4)

Non-Arab or no preference

73 (14.1)

444 (85.9)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 0.03, p = 0.857

162 (31.3)

355(68.7)

χ2(1, N = 1063) = 0.00, p = 0.996

88 (27.7)

230 (72.3)

χ2(1, N = 695) = 0.18, p = 0.676

Arab HCP

75 (13.7)

471 (86.3)

171 (31.3)

375 (68.7)

99 (26.3)

278 (73.7)