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