Table 4: Descriptive statistics (Participants’ average response frequencies, means, and standard deviations) for the health perceptions subscales (N = 197).
Subscale |
Strongly Disagree, % (n) |
Disagree, % (n) |
Neutral, % (n) |
Agree, % (n) |
Strongly Agree, % (n) |
Mean |
SD |
R |
Susceptibility |
14 (28) |
39.8 (78) |
20.7 (41) |
23 (45) |
2.5 (5) |
2.6 |
.69 |
1.2-4 |
Severity |
12.9 (25) |
30.2 (60) |
19.5 (39) |
30.2 (59) |
7.2 (14) |
2.9 |
.65 |
1.4-4.3 |
Benefits |
.3 (1) |
1.4 (3) |
12.3 (24) |
64 (126) |
22 (43) |
4.1 |
.44 |
3-5 |
Barriers |
12.8 (26) |
21.1 (42) |
23.9 (47) |
32.3 (64) |
9.9 (19) |
3.1 |
.58 |
1.1-4.1 |
Health motivation |
12.5 (25) |
16.4 (32) |
5.9 (12) |
47.5 (93) |
17.7 (35) |
3.4 |
.66 |
1-5 |
SD, Standard deviation; R, Range