Variable | Main reason for attending clinic | χ2 | df | p | ||||||
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Personal risk No (%) | Family history No (%) | Risk to family members No (%) | Reassurance No (%) | Genetic testing No (%) | Breast screening No (%) | Prevention No (%) | ||||
Marital status: | ||||||||||
Married/cohabiting | 155 (83) | 96 (80) | 74 (88) | 54 (79) | 51 (79) | 35 (76) | 32 (82) | 4.35 | 6 | 0.63 |
Not married/cohabiting | 32 (17) | 24 (20) | 10 (12) | 14 (21) | 14 (21) | 11 (24) | 7 (18) | |||
Education: | ||||||||||
< Secondary education | 52 (28) | 42 (35) | 33 (39) | 22 (32) | 21 (32) | 14 (30) | 11 (28) | 4.14 | 6 | 0.66 |
⩾ Secondary education | 133 (72) | 78 (65) | 51 (61) | 46 (68) | 44 (68) | 32 (70) | 28 (72) | |||
Source of referral: | ||||||||||
Medical professional | 135 (81) | 84 (78) | 63 (88) | 53 (87) | 39 (67) | 36 (84) | 29 (88) | 12.59 | 6 | 0.05* |
Self | 32 (19) | 24 (22) | 9 (12) | 8 (13) | 19 (33) | 7 (16) | 5 (12) | |||
Relative receiving cancer treatment: | ||||||||||
Yes | 74 (40) | 47 (41) | 26 (32) | 16 (24) | 33 (51) | 15 (33) | 8 (21) | 17.34 | 6 | 0.008** |
No | 110 (60) | 68 (59) | 56 (68) | 51 (76) | 32 (49) | 31 (67) | 30 (79) | |||
Prophylactic surgery: | ||||||||||
Considering | 33 (21) | 11 (11) | 8 (11) | 9 (17) | 21 (41) | 4 (9) | 3 (8) | 30.70 | 6 | 0.0003*** |
Not considering | 123 (79) | 89 (89) | 64 (89) | 45 (83) | 30 (59) | 39 (91) | 34 (92) |
n=833. *p⩽0.05. **p⩽0.01. ***p⩽0.001.