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53.8% of respondents attributed their primary reason to their physical health condition, while
47.6% attributed their secondary reason to early disease prevention (Question 4). When
stratified by age (< 45 and ≥ 45 years), motivations for screening do not differ significantly.
Conversely, respondents who did not regularly participate in screening overwhelmingly listed
perceptions of unnecessary or non-urgent need (79.6%) as well as being too
busy (47.1%) as their primary and secondary reasons, respectively, for not screening
(Question 2b). Notably, of the respondents amongst the middle-to-older age group (≥ 45
years) who did not regularly screen, 87.1% of respondents attributed their primary or
secondary reason to perceptions of non-urgency, while 33.0% attributed their primary or
secondary reason to being too busy (Question 2b). Perceptions of non-urgency are further
heightened as top reasons for not screening amongst younger respondents (< 45 years).
97.1% of younger respondents attributed one of their top two reasons to
perceptions of non-urgency, while 51.1% attributed their other reason to
being too busy (Question 2b). Therefore, perceptions of non-urgency alongside concerns
with busyness may inhibit health-seeking behaviour.
Figure 4.2
Primary and secondary reasons for engaging regularly (or not) in
health screening
Primary reason for not screening:
4.2%
6.3% 79.6%
10.0%
Unnecessary or non-urgent need Financial concerns
Too busy Other reasons
Secondary reason for not screening:
21.9%
11.9% 47.1%
19.1%
Unnecessary or non-urgent need Financial concerns
Too busy Other reasons
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