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Table 2 Comparisons between Australia and all countries using independent-samples t-tests (N = 1501)

From: Oncology practitioners’ perspectives and practice patterns of post-treatment cancer survivorship care in the Asia-Pacific region: results from the STEP study

 

Possible range

Australia

Hong Kong

China

Japan

South Korea

Thailand

Singapore

India

Myanmar

Philippines

N = 163

(Ref)

N = 100

N = 317

N = 209

N = 100

N = 200

N = 147

N = 103

N = 110

n = 52

Perception of responsibility

 Prevention

2–10

7.58 (2.14)

6.79 (1.95)**

8.88 (1.60) **

6.55 (1.84)**

NS

6.40 (1.9)**

6.64 (2.4)**

8.33 (2.05)**

NS

6.67 (2.87)*

 Intervention

14–70

62.08 (7.19)

54.38 (10.35)**

NS

58.74 (6.88)**

57.65 (9.95)**

49.59 (13.39)**

55.82 (10.67)**

NS

51.37 (9.70)**

53.94 (11.73)**

 Surveillance

4–20

14.83 (4.00)

NS

18.61 (2.19)**

16.16 (2.89)**

17.07 (3.30)**

NS

15.79 (3.76)*

17.78 (3.08)**

NS

NS

 Coordination

9–45

39.14 (5.81)

36.07 (6.95)**

40.49 (5.62)*

35.39 (6.10)**

37.57 (6.57)*

31.45 (9.96)**

NS

NS

33.65 (6.30)**

NS

Confidence

           

 Prevention

0–20

10.21 (4.97)

7.86 (4.40)**

12.47 (5.03)**

3.88 (3.93)**

NS

12.89 (4.41)**

6.84 (5.02)**

12.47 (4.06)**

12.08 (5.22)**

NS

 Intervention

0–140

85.28 (17.93)

64.64 (15.20)**

77.31 (19.82)**

51.22 (18.46)**

67.83 (16.39)**

67.59 (17.86)**

54.45 (23.73)**

77.46 (14.52)**

72.11 (24.56)**

70.80 (25.63)**

 Surveillance

0–40

25.12 (8.98)

22.48 (7.67)*

29.25 (8.28)**

16.99 (9.13)**

NS

27.46 (7.62)*

18.68 (10.16)**

30.31 (5.88)**

28.82 (9.83)**

NS

 Coordination

0–90

70.26 (16.29)

57.33 (13.72)**

63.69 (18.47)**

34.65 (20.50)**

58.08 (13.71)**

49.50 (17.85)**

50.81 (21.06)**

NS

63.61 (21.12)*

NS

Frequency

           

 Prevention

2–10

4.84 (2.21)

4.19 (1.61)*

6.08 (2.15)**

3.01 (1.21)**

NS

3.51 (1.81)**

3.52 (1.62)**

6.07 (1.92)**

5.94 (1.86)**

NS

 Intervention

14–70

46.87 (11.61)

38.71 (8.77)**

NS

32.62 (9.81)**

37.78 (9.35)**

30.62 (9.82)**

34.21 (10.46)**

NS

41.31 (10.92)**

NS

 Surveillance

4–20

10.80 (4.42)

10.18 (3.5)**

14.73 (3.96)**

8.78 (3.51)**

NS

10.75 (4.38)**

8.73 (3.70)**

15.02 (3.18)**

14.14 (3.53)**

13.9 (5.73)**

 Coordination

9–45

29.55 (8.59)

26.38 (6.99)**

NS

18.22 (7.01)**

25.42 (8.29)**

NS

24.28 (8.19)**

33.15 (6.62)**

NS

36.73 (7.54)**

  1. Note. All subscales: higher scores represent higher levels of responsibility perception, higher levels of confidence and higher frequency of care delivery; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005
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