Research Article
Oral Cancer Awareness and Knowledge in the City of Valongo, Portugal
Table 5
Socio-demographic characteristics and their relations with some cancer beliefs variables.
| | | Disagree with question of luck (; 60.5%) | Early detection can improve treatment (; 94.5%) | Lifestyle influence risk of oral cancer (; 82.2%) |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 221 | 134 (60.6) | 211 (100) | 187 (84.6) | | Female | 381 | 230 (60.4) | 358 (94) | 308 (80.8) | | P | | 0.949 | 0.432 | 0.243 |
| | Age | | | | | | <49 years | 298 | 216 (72.5) | 284 (95.3) | 262 (87.9) | | >49 years | 304 | 148 (48.7) | 285 (93.7) | 233 (76.6) | | P | | <0.001 | 0.403 | <0.001 |
| | Professional class | | | | | | I/II | 56 | 46 (82.1) | 53 (94.6) | 50 (89.2) | | III | 51 | 34 (66.6) | 49 (96) | 45 (88.2) | | IV | 188 | 115 (61.1) | 175 (93) | 157 (83.5) | | V | 307 | 169 (55) | 292 (95.1) | 243 (79.1) | | P | | 0.001 | 0.754 | 0.147 |
| | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 112 | 85 (75.8) | 110 (98.2) | 99 (88.4) | | Married | 402 | 233 (57.9) | 381 (94.8) | 328 (81.6) | | Widow/divorced/separated | 88 | 46 (52.3) | 78 (88.6) | 68 (77.3) | | P | | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.105 |
| | Education | | | | | | Without | 50 | 21 (42) | 45 (90) | 34 (68) | | Primary school | 429 | 236 (55) | 404 (94.1) | 348 (81.1) | | Secondary | 81 | 69 (85.2) | 79 (97.5) | 73 (90.1) | | Technic-vocation/university | 42 | 38 (90.5) | 41 (97.6) | 40 (95.2) | | P | | <0.001 | 0.234 | 0.001 |
| | Smoking | | | | | | Nonsmoker | 367 | 214 (58.3) | 345 (94) | 297 (80.9) | | Smoker | 141 | 97 (68.8) | 135 (95.7) | 123 (87.2) | | Ex-smoker | 94 | 53 (56.4) | 89 (94.7) | 75 (79.8) | | P | | 0.065 | 0.741 | 0.199 |
| | Heavy smoking | | | | | | No | 517 | 313 (60.5) | 489 (94.6) | 426 (82.4) | | Yes | 85 | 51 (60) | 80 (94.1) | 69 (81.1) | | P | | 0.925 | 0.861 | 0.761 |
| | Alcohol | | | | | | Nonconsumer | 253 | 157 (62) | 232 (91.7) | 200 (79) | | Consumer | 301 | 186 (61.8) | 290 (96.3) | 255 (84.7) | | Ex-consumer | 48 | 21 (43.8) | 47 (97.9) | 40 (83.3) | | P | | 0.047 | 0.032 | 0.216 |
| | Heavy alcohol | | | | | | No | 534 | 331 (61.9) | 503 (94.1) | 436 (81.6) | | yes | 68 | 33 (48.5) | 66 (97) | 59 (86.8) | | P | | 0.033 | 0.328 | 0.299 |
| | Fruit and vegetables | | | | | | <5 units/day | 459 | 281 (61.2) | 431 (93.9) | 375 (81.7) | | >5 units/day | 143 | 83 (58) | 138 (96.5) | 120 (83.9) | | P | | 0.497 | 0.232 | 0.545 |
| | Oral hygiene frequency | | | | | | <1 day | 70 | 25 (35.7) | 57 (81.4) | 56 (80) | | 1 or more per day | 532 | 339 (63.7) | 512 (96.2) | 439 (82.5) | | P | | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.604 |
| | Dentist visits | | | | | | <1 year | 339 | 181 (53.3) | 315 (92.9) | 277 (81.7) | | 1 or more per year | 263 | 183 (69.6) | 254 (96.6) | 218 (82.9) | | P | | <0.001 | 0.051 | 0.707 |
|
|
