Variable | Increased risk (n = 283) | Population risk (n = 1043) | Statistic |
---|---|---|---|
Anticipated time to presentation n (%) | Any delay (167, 59.2%) | Any delay (491, 49.2%) | x2(5)=30.38, p < 0.001 |
 I would go as soon as I noticed | 115 (40.8%) | 507 (50.8%) |  |
 Up to 1 week | 46 (16.3%) | 239 (23.9%) |  |
 Over 1 up to 2 weeks | 43 (15.2%) | 101 (10.2%) |  |
 Over 2 up to 3 weeks | 23 (8.2%) | 51 (5.1%) |  |
 Over 3 up to 4 weeks | 28 (9.9%) | 57 (5.7%) |  |
 More than a month | 27 (9.6%) | 43 (4.3%) |  |
Confidence in symptom detection M(sd) | M=2.20 (sd=0.70) | M=2.34 (sd=0.93) | t(586)=-3.01, p < 0.01 |
 Not at all n (%) | 41 (14.5%) | 213 (20.9%) |  |
 Not very | 151 (53.6%) | 350 (34.4%) |  |
 Fairly | 85 (30.1%) | 347 (34.1%) |  |
 Very | 5 (1.8%) | 108 (10.6%) |  |
Perceived susceptibility n (%) | M=4.21 (sd=0.71) | M=2.34 (sd=0.93) | t(578)=-34.04, p < 0.001 |
 Much less likely | 2 (0.7%) | 194 (20.5%) |  |
 A little less likely | 1 (0.4%) | 276 (29.1%) |  |
 About the same | 30 (11.1%) | 392 (41.3%) |  |
 A little less likely | 144 (53.1%) | 69 (7.3%) |  |
 Much more likely | 94 (34.7%) | 17 (1.8%) |  |
Experience with ovarian cancer n (%) |  |  | x2(1)=437.36, p < 0.001 |
 Yes | 257 (90.8%) | 238 (22.9%) |  |
Symptom knowledge M (sd, range) | 6.1 (2.6, 0-11) | 6.9 (2.7, 0-11) | t(1324)=--4.28 ,p < 0.001 |
Worry M (sd, range) | 6.2 (1.9, 3-12) | 5.3 (1.4, 4-12) | t(495)=-6.24, p < 0.001 |