Table 4 Respondents indicating ‘Strongly Agree/ Agree’ with statements on causes of breast cancer, n (%)
Grampian | Wales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nurse counsellor | Geneticist | P -value a | Nurse counsellor | Geneticist | P -value a | |
Stress is a major cause of breast cancer | ||||||
Baseline | 68 (36) | 40 (42) | 68 (35) | 34 (35) | ||
Immediately after episode | 80 (47) | 39 (48) | 0.98 | 63 (38) | 31 (37) | 0.98 |
Six months after episode | 71 (42) | 31 (44) | 0.83 | 55 (37) | 26 (36) | 0.91 |
One close relative with breast cancer always increases your risk considerably | ||||||
Baseline | 157 (83) | 77 (81) | 165 (84) | 80 (83) | ||
Immediately after episode | 127 (73) | 52 (63) | 0.12 | 130 (77) | 65 (77) | 0.99 |
Six months after episode | 123 (77) | 56 (76) | 0.97 | 122 (81) | 58 (80) | 0.88 |
Minor injury can cause breast cancer | ||||||
Baseline | 37 (20) | 20 (21) | 62 (32) | 23 (24) | ||
Immediately after episode | 38 (22) | 22 (27) | 0.50 | 50 (30) | 16 (19) | 0.09 |
Six months after episode | 47 (29) | 17 (23) | 0.39 | 50 (33) | 18 (25) | 0.24 |
