Analysis on status of awareness of cancer prevention and treatment knowledge and its influencing factors among residents in Beijing

Objective: To analyze the level of the knowledge and related factors of cancer prevention and treatment among residents of Beijing in 2020. Methods: From April 14 to 21,a total of 11 721 residents were recruited in the study by using anonymous network sampling method. A WeChat online electronic questionnaires was conducted to collect basic demographic characteristics and the knowledge of cancer prevention and treatment. The Chi-square test was used to compare the difference of the level of the cancer prevention and treatment knowledge among different groups. A multivariate linear regression model was used to analyze the related factors. Results: Among the subjects, 72.9% (8 542) were male and 93.7% (10 983) were urban residents. The total number of questions answered by the subjects was 117 210 of which 89 093 were known, and the overall awareness rate among the residents was 76.0%. The female, aural residents, with junior college education, and worked in government institutions had a good performance of the knowledge (P<0.05), about 83.4%, 79.7%, 82.3% and 82.0% respectively. The results of multivariate linear regression model showed that female[β=0.798(95%CI:0.702,0.894)] and junior college education[β=3.271(95%CI:2.993,3.609)] could know more questions compared to male and primary school education (P<0.05); compared with working in the government institutions, agricultural laborer[β=-0.911(95%CI:-1.057,-0.766)], retired personnel[β=-2.273(95%CI:-2.532,-2.014)], school students[β=-0.629(95%CI:-0.796,-0.462)] and other occupation people[β=-0.376(95%CI:-0.634,-0.119)] could know fewer questions (P<0.05). Conclusion: The level of the cancer prevention and treatment knowledge among residents in Beijing was relatively high. Gender, education level and occupation were relevant factors.