ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Awareness of lung cancer among urban residents in Sichuan Province and its impact on their willingness to choose medical institutions for cancer screening.
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- Understanding Public Perceptions of Lung Cancer in China: Infodemiology Study of Baidu Index and Weibo Posts.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the current level of knowledge about lung cancer among urban residents in Sichuan Province and to assess its influence on their willingness to choose county-level or lower-level medical institutions for cancer screening. Methods: A total of 31,184 urban residents of Sichuan Province were included in the cross-sectional study. Binary logistic regression and propensity score matching (PSM) were used to assess the influence effect. Results: The results showed that (1) only 23.88% of the residents self-reported having good knowledge about lung cancer. They mainly acquired knowledge from the media (43%) and medical staff (42%). Only 33.5% of the participants had undergone lung cancer screening, with the main reasons being periodic physical examinations (54%) and physician recommendations (23%). (2) Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that knowledge of lung cancer was significantly associated with the participants' willingness to undergo lung cancer screening at county-level or lower-level medical institutions [OR = 1.185, 95% CI (1.113 -1.263), Discussion: Improving urban residents' understanding of the disease could help improve the current situation of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42024556625.
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