From: Smokers’ interest in a lung cancer screening programme: a national survey in England
High quit confidence (reference) | Low quit confidence | ||||
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% (n) | OR | % (n) | OR | 95% CI | |
A diagnosis of cancer is a death sentence | |||||
Strongly/tend to agree (vs. strongly/tend to disagree) | 25.5 (26) | 1.00 | 28.2 (48) | 1.23 | 0.68–2.24 |
A diagnosis of lung cancer is a death sentence | |||||
Strongly/tend to agree (vs. strongly/tend to disagree) | 50.0 (50) | 1.00 | 53.8 (93) | 1.14 | 0.68–1.92 |
If lung cancer is detected early, what is the person’s chance of surviving? | |||||
Good (vs. fair/poor) | 51.9 (54) | 1.00 | 37.3 (66) | 0.48 | 0.29–0.82 |
If the screening test found that you had early-stage lung cancer, would you want to have the recommended surgery? | |||||
Yes definitely/probably (vs. definitely/probably not) | 88.0 (88) | 1.00 | 81.3 (143) | 0.58 | 0.27–1.24 |
Do you think that lung cancer screening is a good idea? | |||||
Yes (vs. no) | 96.3 (103) | 1.00 | 96.8 (180) | 1.11 | 0.29–4.20 |
Do you think that offering screening to smokers is a waste of NHS money? | |||||
Yes (vs. no) | 10.4 (11) | 1.00 | 16.1 (30) | 1.62 | 0.76–3.47 |
How often do you worry about your chance of getting lung cancer? | |||||
Very often to occasionally (vs. never) | 48.6 (52) | 1.00 | 47.6 (90) | 0.92 | 0.56–1.51 |
Would a clear CT scan reassure you? b | |||||
Yes (vs. no) | 92.2 (47) | 1.00 | 87.6 (78) | 0.48 | 0.13–1.84 |
NHS invitation | |||||
Yes definitely/probably (vs. definitely/probably not) | 93.2 (96) | 1.00 | 86.4 (159) | 0.55 | 0.22–1.37 |
GP recommendation | |||||
Yes definitely/probably (vs. definitely/probably not) | 94.3 (99) | 1.00 | 92.0 (172) | 0.82 | 0.29–2.29 |
Appointment next month | |||||
Very likely/likely (vs. very unlikely/unlikely) | 94.2 (98) | 1.00 | 86.6 (161) | 0.46 | 0.18–1.21 |