Table 4 Mean (standard deviation) of subscale scores of the African version of Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire by breast cancer screening practices
Ever preformed | Performed regularly as recommendeda | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | P-value | Yes | No | P-value | |
Breast awareness | ||||||
Attitudes towards general health check-ups | 45.5 (26.4) | 37.6 (27.8) | 0.079 | 42.7 (33.6) | 43.8 (26.0) | 0.851 |
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer | 49.3 (27.4) | 40.4 (26.3) | 0.051 | 44.3 (30.3) | 47.6 (27.0) | 0.587 |
Barriers to mammographic screening | 58.9 (15.8) | 55.1 (16.7) | 0.167 | 63.5 (19.0) | 57.3 (15.5) | 0.082 |
Psychological barriers | 44.8 (23.5) | 43.7 (20.3) | 0.768 | 52.2 (26.3) | 43.6 (22.1) | 0.089 |
Practical barriers | 79.5 (11.4) | 72.2 (19.2) | 0.089 | 80.4 (15.5) | 77.5 (13.7) | 0.002 |
Clinical breast examination (40 years or older) | ||||||
Attitudes towards general health check-ups | 48.6 (25.2) | 37.1 (28.8) | 0.055 | 81.3 (18.8) | 43.8 (26.2) | 0.016 |
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer | 50.6 (24.4) | 36.4 (24.0) | 0.011 | 61.1 (12.7) | 45.6 (25.3) | 0.296 |
Barriers to mammographic screening | 58.2 (16.2) | 54.3 (18.3) | 0.314 | 70.0 (22.9) | 56.5 (16.7) | 0.176 |
Psychological barriers | 45.1 (23.3) | 42.0 (20.6) | 0.541 | 63.9 (33.7) | 43.5 (21.9) | 0.122 |
Practical barriers | 77.8 (13.6) | 72.8 (24.1) | 0.209 | 79.2 (19.1) | 76.1 (17.5) | 0.770 |
Mammogram (between 50 and 74 years) | ||||||
Attitudes towards general health check-ups | 40.4 (26.0) | 31.3 (22.1) | 0.113 | 38.9 (25.5) | 38.2 (25.7) | 0.884 |
Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer | 39.2 (25.7) | 30.2 (22.2) | 0.116 | 36.7 (24.7) | 39.1 (26.4) | 0.611 |
Barriers to mammographic screening | 54.2 (13.9) | 52.7 (12.0) | 0.637 | 55.1 (12.5) | 51.6 (15.2) | 0.178 |
Psychological barriers | 39.8 (19.0) | 40.6 (17.3) | 0.844 | 40.4 (18.1) | 39.1 (19.9) | 0.730 |
Practical barriers | 75.7 (14.1) | 70.8 (13.1) | 0.122 | 77.1 (11.7) | 70.3 (16.8) | 0.009 |