Knowledge, attitude, and practice of monitoring early gastric cancer after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Table 1 Participant’ demographics and knowledge, attitude, and practice scores regarding gastric cancer recurrence after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Characteristic	Number of participants	Knowledge score		Attitude score		Practice score
		mean ± SD	P	mean ± SD	P	mean ± SD	P
Total	400	3.34 ± 1.42		23.76 ± 2.81		5.75 ± 2.35
Sex			0.266		0.517		0.537
Male	192	3.26 ± 1.46		23.86 ± 3.04		5.83 ± 2.46
Female	208	3.42 ± 1.38		23.68 ± 2.58		5.68 ± 2.25
Age in yr			0.063		0.930		0.689
≤ 40	35	3.57 ± 1.12		23.83 ± 2.47		5.31 ± 1.94
41-50	56	3.57 ± 1.28		23.88 ± 2.34		5.73 ± 2.39
51-60	117	3.49 ± 1.36		23.62 ± 2.72		5.75 ± 2.45
> 60	192	3.15 ± 1.52		23.81 ± 3.05		5.84 ± 2.35
Residency			0.001		0.425		0.510
Rural areas	333	3.25 ± 1.46		23.71 ± 2.88		5.72 ± 2.34
Urban areas	67	3.79 ± 1.10		24.01 ± 2.40		5.93 ± 2.40
Education			0.001		0.418		0.737
Junior middle school or lower	297	3.20 ± 1.48		23.66 ± 2.90		5.72 ± 2.33
Senior middle school/technical secondary school	55	3.71 ± 1.13		24.04 ± 2.50		5.69 ± 2.27
Junior college/college or higher	48	3.81 ± 1.10		24.13 ± 2.59		6.00 ± 2.59
Occupation			0.000		0.512		0.407
General staff or relevant personnel	77	3.70 ± 1.15		23.95 ± 2.45		5.92 ± 2.45
Professional and technical staff	10	4.50 ± 0.53		24.60 ± 2.95		6.80 ± 2.97
Others	313	3.22 ± 1.47		23.69 ± 2.89		5.68 ± 2.30
Medical insurance			0.125		0.128		0.013
Yes	384	3.32 ± 1.43		23.72 ± 2.69		5.69 ± 2.35
No	16	3.88 ± 1.03		24.81 ± 5.01		7.19 ± 2.07
Family income in Yuan			0.002		0.116		0.977
< 2000	51	2.92 ± 1.59		23.12 ± 2.30		5.69 ± 2.08
2000-5000	247	3.29 ± 1.47		23.89 ± 2.91		5.77 ± 2.37
> 5000	102	3.69 ± 1.09		23.79 ± 2.79		5.75 ± 2.45
The time since last ESD in mo			0.001		0.000		0.000
≤ 12	193	3.10 ± 1.41		23.17 ± 2.86		4.92 ± 1.92
13-24	121	3.40 ± 1.44		24.24 ± 2.72		6.13 ± 2.53
≥ 25	86	3.80 ± 1.28		24.44 ± 2.56		7.09 ± 2.24
Family history			0.215		0.479		0.639
Yes	19	3.74 ± 1.05		24.21 ± 2.72		6.00 ± 1.97
No	381	3.32 ± 1.43		23.74 ± 2.82		5.74 ± 2.37
Infection with Helicobacter pylori in the past or present			0.984		0.295		0.886
Yes	59	3.34 ± 1.17		24.12 ± 2.34		5.71 ± 2.11
No/unclear	341	3.34 ± 1.46		23.70 ± 2.89		5.76 ± 2.39
Smoking history			0.000		0.181		0.053
Yes	53	2.53 ± 1.67		23.28 ± 2.57		5.17 ± 2.35
No	347	3.47 ± 1.34		23.84 ± 2.84		5.84 ± 2.34
Drinking alcohol			0.000		0.001		0.000
Yes	70	2.57 ± 1.53		22.71 ± 3.04		4.71 ± 2.16
No	330	3.51 ± 1.34		23.99 ± 2.71		5.97 ± 2.33
Pathological confirmation of early tumors after ESD			0.033		0.611		0.031
Yes	357	3.39 ± 1.40		23.79 ± 2.82		5.84 ± 2.33
No/not detected	43	2.91 ± 1.49		23.56 ± 2.80		5.02 ± 2.41

ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; SD: Standard deviation.