Initiator of skin cancer prevention and/or screening process, depending on patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | Initiator of skin cancer prevention/screening | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | Patient | p Value | |||
| N=87 | N=36 | ||||
| n, % | Mean, SD | n, % | Mean, SD | <0.001 | |
| Age (years) | 61.8; 19.5 | 54.3; 17.3 | 0.038 | ||
| 18–50 | 21; 55.3 | 17; 44.7 | 0.63 | ||
| 50–75 | 42; 75.0 | 14; 25.0 | <0.001 | ||
| >75 | 24; 82.8 | 5; 17.2 | <0.001 | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 42; 73.7 | 15; 26.3 | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 45; 68.2 | 21; 31.8 | 0.010 | ||
| Low socioeconomic status | 1; 50.0 | 1; 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Suffering from a chronic disease | 31; 79.5 | 8; 20.5 | <0.001 | ||