Table 4 Descriptive analysis of participants' responses about behaviors towards skin cancer patients and the relationship with the doctor
From: Skin cancer knowledge and attitudes in the region of Fez, Morocco: a cross-sectional study
| Items | N (%) = 700 |
Men N(%) 262 (37.4%) |
Women N(%) 438(62.5%) | Influencing factors | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship with skin cancer patients | |||||
| Do you know someone who has this skin cancer? | None | ||||
| Yes | 139 (19.9) | 55(21) | 84 (19.2) | ||
| No | 561(80.1) | 207(79) | 354 (80.1) | ||
| The reaction of the participant towards skin cancer patient | Educational level | <0.001 | |||
| Remoteness (contagious) | 90 (15.1) | 34 (13) | 56 (12.7) | ||
| Indifferent | 181 (30.4) | 75 (28.6) | 106 (24.2) | ||
| Support | 324 (54.5) | 153 (58.4) | 276 (63) | ||
| The psychiatric care is obligatory for skin cancer patients | None | ||||
| Yes | 358 (51.1) | 122 (46.5) | 233 (53.1) | ||
| No | 202 (29) | 33 (12.6) | 40 (9.1) | ||
| I don’t know | 140 (20) | 107 (40.8) | 165 (37.6) | ||
| Relationship with the doctor: how should the doctor announce the diagnosis? | Gender | 0.02 | |||
| Direct way | 157 (23.3) | 99 (38) | 84 (19.1) | ||
| Progressive way | 393 (58.4) | 147 (56.1) | 265 (60.5) | ||
| Hiding the diagnosis to the patient and inform just his family | 123 (18.4) | 16 (6.1%) | 89 (20.3) | ||