Table 2 Patient characteristics ( whole sample and subgroups relating to experience of BCC symptoms and treatment)
Whole sampleN=174 | With no experienceN=118 | With experienceN=56 | With no vs.with experience | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | P value | |
Gender | 0.3 | |||
Male | 60.9 (106) | 63.6 (75) | 55.4 (31) | |
Female | 39.1 (68) | 36.4 (43) | 44.6 (25) | |
Age | 0.1 | |||
Median [IQR] | 65 [57–72] | 63 [55–72] | 68 [60–72] | |
Employment status | N.A. 1 | |||
Employed | 35.6 (62) | 39.8 (47) | 26.8 (15) | |
Retired | 63.2 (110) | 59.3 (70) | 71.4 (40) | |
Unemployed | 1.2 (2) | 0.9 (1) | 1.8 (1) | |
Weekly income 2 | 0.21 | |||
<£299 | 50.0 (80) | 44.9 (53) | 48.2 (27) | |
£300-499 | 19.5 (34) | 20.3 (24) | 17.9 (10) | |
£>=500 | 19.5 (34) | 19.5 (23) | 19.6 (11) | |
(Not recorded to beexcluded from analysis) | 14.9 (26) | 15.3 (18) | 14.3 (8) | |
Previous experience of BCC symptoms and treatment | ||||
Yes | 32.2 (56) | 0 (0) | 100 (56) | |
No | 67.8 (118) | 100 (118) | 0 (0) | |
Difficulties in completing the questionnaire | N.A. 1 | |||
Extremely easy | 13.2 (23) | 9.3 (11) | 21.4 (12) | |
Easy | 28.7 (50) | 26.3 (31) | 33.9 (19) | |
Moderate | 35.6 (62) | 39.8 (47) | 26.8 (15) | |
Difficult | 16.1 (28) | 16.1 (19) | 16.1 (9) | |
Extremely difficult | 6.3 (11) | 8.5 (10) | 1.8 (1) | |