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Table 5 Univariate comparison of summary scores by personal knowledge of someone with skin cancer

From: A questionnaire to measure melanoma risk, knowledge and protective behaviour: Assessing content validity in a convenience sample of Scots and Australians

   

Mean (SD) or Median (IQR)

P value

PERSONAL RISK

Australian

Knew someone with melanoma

11.97 (3.39)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

10.61 (4.11)

0.007

 

Scottish

Knew someone with melanoma

12.33 (3.22)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

10.61 (4.02)

<0.001

LEVEL OF CONCERN

Australian

Knew someone with melanoma

6.00 (3.00 to 8.00)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

4.00 (3.50 to 7.50)

0.172

 

Scottish

Knew someone with melanoma

4.00 (2.00 to 5.00)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

3.00 (0 to 5.00)

0.071

PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOUR

Australian

Knew someone with melanoma

13.66 (2.71)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

13.58 (2.49)

0.875

 

Scottish

Knew someone with melanoma

11.82 (3.08)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

11.99 (3.36)

0.662

KNOWLEDGE

Australian

Knew someone with melanoma

14.07 (3.14)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

13.38 (3.11)

0.001

 

Scottish

Knew someone with melanoma

12.82 (3.88)

 
  

Not know someone with melanoma

11.17 (4.33)

0.001

  1. P-values from unpaired t-test or Mann Whitney U test