Table 5 Multiple linear regression analyses of the CSDS scores

Constant term

6.345

0.823

—

7.709

<0.001

Gender

−0.552

0.180

−0.051

−3.065

0.002

Major

0.289

0.064

0.075

4.537

<0.001

Current education degree

−0.598

0.102

−0.099

−5.859

<0.001

Guardian’s highest record of education

−0.211

0.073

−0.048

−2.880

0.004

Self-rated health

0.568

0.160

0.060

3.551

<0.001

History of care for cancer patients

−0.877

0.317

−0.045

−2.769

0.006

Family relationship

0.510

0.220

0.039

2.317

0.021

Ways of cancer knowledge acquisition

1.267

0.156

0.134

8.110

<0.001

Understanding depth of acquired cancer knowledge

0.528

0.134

0.067

3.948

<0.001

Degree of cancer fear

−1.123

0.158

−0.118

−7.121

<0.001

Perception of whether cancer is contagious

0.371

0.101

0.061

3.683

<0.001