Table 3 Average Social Influence Scores by Mammography Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Social Roles | Social Network Index | Social Support Index | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge 1 | (Number) | Family | Neighborhood | Church | Emotional | Instrumental | |||||||
Mammograms are X-Rays | Yes (40%) | 3.1 | P = .63 | 3.1 | P = .03 | 3.4 | P = .01 | 4.1 | P = .07 | 2.7 | P = .47 | 2.2 | P = .49 |
of the breast. | No (60%) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
Mammograms are needed | Yes (80%) | 3.1 | P = .02 | 3.0 | P = .49 | 3.2 | P = .24 | 4.0 | P = .18 | 2.7 | P = .93 | 2.2 | P = .60 |
continually. | No (20%) | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
Attitudes: 1 | |||||||||||||
If I had cancer, I would | Yes (17%) | 3.1 | P = .76 | 2.8 | P = .36 | 3.0 | P = .20 | 3.6 | P = .09 | 2.6 | P = .07 | 2.2 | P = .82 |
rather not know about it. | No (83%) | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
There is such a thing as being | Yes (74%) | 3.1 | P = .05 | 3.0 | P = .70 | 3.2 | P = .95 | 4.0 | P = .02 | 2.7 | P = .62 | 2.3 | P = .78 |
cured of breast cancer. | No (26%) | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
Cancer is the worst disease | Yes (61%) | 3.1 | P = .74 | 3.0 | P = .51 | 3.2 | P = .95 | 3.9 | P = .99 | 2.7 | P = .26 | 2.2 | P = .05 |
I can imagine having. | No (39%) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||||||
Breast cancer treatments are | Yes (57%) | 3.1 | P = .16 | 3.0 | P = .84 | 3.2 | P = .84 | 3.9 | P = .59 | 2.6 | P = .005 | 2.2 | P = .47 |
worse than the disease itself. | No (43%) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||||||
Screening Practices: 2 | |||||||||||||
Had a mammogram within | Yes (73%) | 3.1 | P = .56 | 3.0 | P = .04 | 3.3 | P = .72 | 4.0 | P = .60 | 2.7 | P = .40 | 2.2 | P = .45 |
the past year | No (27%) | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||||||
Intends to have a mammogram | Yes (91%) | 3.0 | P = .94 | 3.0 | P = .004 | 3.2 | P.30 | 4.0 | P = .91 | 2.7 | P = .52 | 2.2 | P = .01 |
In the future. | No (9%) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | ||||||
Hypothetical Choices: 2 | |||||||||||||
Would Choose Lumpectomy | Yes (57%) | 3.2 | P = .66 | 3.2 | P = .64 | 2.9 | P = .32 | 3.4 | P = .007 | 2.8 | P = .88 | 2.1 | P = .88 |
Over mastectomy | No (43%) | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||||||
Would Choose Reconstruction | Yes (35%) | 3.2 | P = .42 | 3.2 | P = .68 | 2.7 | P = .23 | 3.3 | P = .07 | 2.8 | P = .91 | 2.1 | P = .78 |
after Mastectomy | No (65%) | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||||||
Would have an experimental | Yes (49%) | 3.3 | P = .19 | 3.2 | P = .04 | 2.9 | P = .20 | 3.6 | P = .09 | 2.7 | P = .09 | 2.1 | P = .12 |
treatment if offered | No (51%) | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.0 | ||||||