Perceptions about preventing hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with chronic hepatitis in Taiwan

Table 2 Relationships between the participants' demographics, health perceptions, and knowledge of hepatitis (n = 400)

Variables	Perceived susceptibility	Perceived severity	Perceived benefits	Perceived barriers	Cues to action	Knowledge
Age1	-0.22 (< 0.001)	-0.07 (0.162)	-0.11 (0.028)	0.08 (0.121)	-0.12 (0.014)	-0.20 (< 0.001)
Gender2	1.53 (0.135)	0.92 (0.362)	0.23 (0.819)	2.14 (0.039)	-0.04 (0.967)	-1.14 (0.254)
Marital status3	0.64 (0.589)	1.91 (0.127)	0.40 (0.753)	0.19 (0.905)	0.08 (0.973)	1.13 (0.336)
Education level3	2.96 (0.008)	1.30 (0.257)	3.95 (0.001)	6.31 (<0.001)	2.27 (0.036)	9.17 (< 0.001)
Occupation3	2.52 (0.015)	0.92 (0.489)	0.92 (0.490)	2.55 (0.014)	0.59 (0.767)	2.61 (0.012)
Monthly income3	2.27 (0.047)	0.63 (0.679)	3.91 (0.002)	3.91 (0.002)	2.87 (0.015)	6.59 (< 0.001)
Willingness to receive therapy3	-0.75 (0.453)	-1.15 (0.252)	-0.42 (0.675)	3.55 (< 0.001)	-1.67 (0.096)	-0.48 (0.633)
Had received a vaccine3	2.98 (0.052)	0.07 (0.937)	2.04 (0.131)	1.94 (0.145)	3.14 (0.044)	13.88 (< 0.001)
Frequency of blood screening3	1.28 (0.265)	3.67 (0.001)	0.43 (0.859)	1.87 (0.084)	1.66 (0.129)	1.44 (0.198)
Frequency of abd. sonography3	0.51 (0.830)	1.44 (0.188)	0.55 (0.798)	3.66 (0.001)	1.48 (0.173)	2.74 (0.009)

Data are presented as

¹r of Pearson’s correlation/

²t of independent t-test/

³F of one-way analysis of variance (P value).