Breast cancer awareness among Greek women and potential determinants

Grosomanidis, Dimitrios; Charitidou, Efstratia; Foka, Audrey Joyce; Panousis, Dimitrios; Chatzopoulos, Konstantinos; Ntasiou, Panagiota; Xepapadakis, Grigorios

doi:10.1007/s13126-015-0227-0

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“…In the current study, the most effective determinants of awareness levels about early warning signs of breast cancer were educational level, marital status, family history of breast cancer, and age, respectively. The highlighted role of educational status on awareness level in the present study was in agreement with previous studies . In addition, our findings in line with other studies showed a positive association between family history of breast cancer and high awareness levels about early warning signs; however, in our study and few previous studies, the significant association was not observed between personal history of breast problems and knowledge levels about breast cancer .…”

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“…The highlighted role of educational status on awareness level in the present study was in agreement with previous studies . In addition, our findings in line with other studies showed a positive association between family history of breast cancer and high awareness levels about early warning signs; however, in our study and few previous studies, the significant association was not observed between personal history of breast problems and knowledge levels about breast cancer . It is expected that the women with higher educational attainments and/or with a family or personal history of breast cancer were particularly likely to know the early warning signs of breast cancer .…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The current study showed significant association between age and knowledge levels about breast cancer early warning signs, also results indicated that married women had higher knowledge about warning signs of breast cancer. In these regards, there were similar findings with our results in some previous studies . It seems that older and married women are generally more concerned about their health, so they have more tendencies to get more information about BC determinants.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In these regards, there were similar findings with our results in some previous studies. 6,37,[41][42][43][44][45] It seems that older and married women are generally more concerned about their health, so they have more tendencies to get more information about BC determinants.…”

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Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the breast cancer awareness measure (BCAM) questionnaire

Heidari

Feizi

2018

Cancer Medicine

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Background/objectiveEnhancing awareness level about breast cancer is a pivotal strategy for reducing breast cancer burden. There is no fully validated Persian instrument for evaluating breast cancer awareness. This study aimed at investigating the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Breast Cancer Awareness Measure (BCAM) questionnaire.MethodsThis methodological cross‐sectional study was conducted among 1078 Persian language women (including 965 general women and 113 medical/clinical experts), which selected from different parts of Isfahan city using multistage cluster random sampling method. Translation of BCAM questionnaire was performed using forward‐backward method. Internal consistency was evaluated through Cronbach's α and test‐retest reliability using unweighted kappa statistic and intraclass correlation (ICC) coefficient. Construct validity was investigated using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses as well as Latent class analysis (LCA), and discriminant validity using ROC curve. Convergent validity was assessed using phi and eta correlation coefficients. Ceiling and floor effects, SE of measurement (SEM), and smallest detectable change (SDC) were also determined.ResultsPersian version of BCAM showed excellent test‐retest reliability (ICC = 0.841) and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.882). Most of the computed kappa coefficients were in the range moderate to very good (0.47‐0.81). Medical/clinical experts had higher levels of breast cancer awareness than general women, indicating good discriminant validity (Area under the curve [AUC]) of 0.822 (95% CI: 0.781, 0.864). Construct validity evaluation by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) led to extraction of two factors from 11 items (“breast shape changes” and “breast pain and lump”), and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the adequacy of extracted construct from EFA. Latent class analysis for evaluating of construct validity led to extracting three classes from participants (high [12.83%], moderate [60.97%], and low [26.2%]) in terms of awareness levels about early warning signs of breast cancer. All item‐scale correlation coefficients exceeded the set value of 0.40, indicating satisfactory convergent validity. No ceiling and floor effects were detected. SEM and SDC were found to be 0.85 and 2.36, respectively.ConclusionsThe Persian version of BCAM is a reliable and valid instrument for monitoring levels of breast cancer awareness in general women population, also it can be used for evaluating the impacts of interventions attempting to raise breast cancer awareness.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the breast cancer awareness measure (BCAM) questionnaire

Heidari

Feizi

2018

Cancer Medicine

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“…A study performed on Thai women suggests that reduction of perceived barriers may be sufficient in encouraging women to follow breast cancer screening services and perform breast self-examination, because the women with lower knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and without evidence of better knowledge about signs and symptoms of BC had considerably better breast cancer awareness behaviour [35]. Generally, in most of the studied groups of women all over the world, the level of knowledge of breast cancer was estimated as low, with the percentage of women with sufficient knowledge at the level of 50-60%, which is consistent with our study [6,11,14,15,26,27,29,36,37]. In Tanzania, only 26.1% of women had heard about breast cancer, and about 10% had received previous cancer education [25].…”

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Knowledge of primary and secondary prevention of breast cancer among Polish women

Nowak¹,

Brzuszkiewicz²,

Ścisło³

et al. 2022

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Introduction:The most common malignant cancer in women, and the second cause of female deaths by oncological reasons in Poland, is breast cancer. The aim of this study was to assess whether breast cancer prevention programs in Poland have influenced Polish women's knowledge of this subject. Material and methods: The study was conducted through a questionnaire assessing participants' demographic and social data, verifying their knowledge of risk factors and breast cancer prevention, and determining the sources of participants' knowledge. A total of 201 Polish women aged 20-70 years took part in the study. The sole exclusion criterion was a previous history of breast cancer. Results: Most women identified genetic mutations as a predisposing risk for breast cancer (55.2%), followed by smoking (11.4%). 79.6% of women were able to list at least one method of breast examination, with mammography being the most mentioned (62.2%). 81.1% of respondents correctly identified mammograms as the screening test of choice. Most participants (67.7%) knew that self-examination should be performed once every month. While the majority of women acknowledged the importance of regular medical examination by a specialist (85.6%), only 48.8% knew how frequently it should be performed. The study revealed a statistically significant relationship between the level of knowledge and the level of education, previous history of benign breast lesions, and family history of breast cancer. Conclusions: Polish women's knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and prevention remains lacking. Prevention programs offering more information regarding breast cancer risk factors and screening programs are still needed.

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Study on barriers of early detection of cervical cancer & breast cancer in a tertiary care centre

Solanki

Agarwal²,

Chaudhary³

2023

IJOGR

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One of the leading cause of death in the entire world is cancer. More than 10 millions of people die from cancer every year but with early identification and leading toprompt treatment could relieve people from suffering and death. There are several types of cancer among which 30% are preventable. Mostly women suffer from breast cancer andcervical cancer which are preventable with early diagnosis. This research was conducted to identify the opportunities and barriers in using current screening services for the earlydetection of cervical and breast cancer among rural women in tertiary care centre in Sitapur, U.P.: The systemic study was planned to perform at the Hind institute of medical sciences Sitapur. At the centre the research was performed through systemicsampling procedure and with the help of academic research and industry professionals. A statistical analysis was conducted to determine the comparison of factors associated with awareness of breast and cervical cancer among study population.: We observed and concluded that breast cancer is more common than cervical cancer in India. The knowledge about cervical cancer is relatively low among women which is revealed in this research.: This study is concluded by stating that the women in this study population have less knowledge about cervical cancer than breast cancer due to lack of education.Therefore, promoting awareness among people about cervical and breast cancer would lead to early identification and diagnosis which would help women with less suffering and cost effective treatment.

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Breast cancer awareness among Greek women and potential determinants

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References 24 publications

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the breast cancer awareness measure (BCAM) questionnaire

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the breast cancer awareness measure (BCAM) questionnaire

Knowledge of primary and secondary prevention of breast cancer among Polish women

Study on barriers of early detection of cervical cancer & breast cancer in a tertiary care centre

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