Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer Patients

Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of participants and the association with practices ().

Characteristics	Number (%)	⁢Univariate logistic regression analyses
		OR	95% CI	value
Age
55	36 (32.4)	Reference		<0.001
56–64	28 (25.2)	0.134	0.043–0.415	<0.001
65	47 (42.3)	0.113	0.040–0.316	<0.001
Gender
Female	37 (33.3)	Reference
Male	74 (66.7)	3.279	1.412–7.615	0.006
Educational status
Illiteracy	27 (24.3)	Reference		0.017
Primary	57 (51.4)	1.992	0.750–5.290	0.167
Secondary	22 (19.8)	6.333	1.814–22.107	0.004
High school and above	5 (4.5)	9.500	0.913–98.803	0.060
Occupation
Unemployed	16 (14.4)	Reference		0.133
Employed	72 (64.9)	3.171	0.934–10.767	0.064
Retired	23 (20.7)	3.900	0.962–15.816	0.057
Marriage status
Unmarried and other	11 (10.0)	Reference
Married	100 (90.0)	2.041	0.577–7.218	0.268
Income (CNY)
1000	30 (27.0)	Reference		0.002
1001–1999	36 (32.4)	0.760	0.272–2.122	0.600
2000–2099	32 (28.8)	3.298	1.164–9.338	0.025
3000	13 (11.7)	9.500	1.771–50.957	0.009

Odds radio; confidence interval.
Chinese yuan (the currency of China).