Examination of factors affecting women’s barrier perception to participate in breast cancer screenings in a region affiliated with a family health center in Turkey

Ersin, Fatma; Polat, Perihan

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“…This finding is similar to the health belief model (HBM) theory, which assumes that women who trust that they have little barriers to BSE are more expected to practice BSE (9). It is also in line with previous studies by Al-Battawi & Sofar and Ersin & Polat that mentioned that barrier scores of women who performed BSE were lower than those who did not perform; the difference was statistically significant (25,27). However, the finding is contraindicated with the study done among women in Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand, in which no association was found between barriers and BSE practice with family income, health insurance situation, breast cancer knowledge, BSE knowledge, health motivation, BSE training experiences and mammography experiences (3).…”

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Evaluation of Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers Towards Breast Self-Examination (BSE)

Ismail¹,

Azman²,

Sudin³

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Breast cancer affects 2.1 million women each year and causes the highest number of cancer-related deaths among women. Several modalities such as mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging & biopsy are used for diagnostic purposes; clinical breast examination (CBE) & breast self-examination (BSE) are performed as part of screening approaches. The objective of this research is to evaluate knowledge, practices, and barriers to breast cancer. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 235 women in a tertiary hospital, from March to June 2020. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire adapted from previous study and distributed by hand. Results: Most of the respondents were single (68.9%), university graduate (82.6%) and students (39.6%). There was a significant difference between BSE performers and non-performers correlated to education level, marital status, occupation, family history of breast cancer, and knowledge level of BSE. BSE performers had lower mean scores for barriers compared to non-performers. Conclusion: Overall findings indicate respondents have a moderate knowledge level of BSE with 64.7% (n = 152). Other than that, 57.0% (n = 134) of women practice BSE. Thus, BSE educational programs should be carried out in society for the early detection of breast cancer.

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Evaluation of Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers Towards Breast Self-Examination (BSE)

Ismail¹,

Azman²,

Sudin³

et al. 2022

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“…The improvement in screening behavior may be attributed to the fact that a higher number of study participants got familiar through educational intervention with the fact that mammography is a safe method employed for early detection to improve survival chances, which improved the courage for mammography exposure. According to the nding of a study, the key factors that hinder women from undergoing mammography includes being shy, fear of death/losing breast or being diagnosed with cancer, considering mammography harmful, and transportation di culties [22]. Considering all the barrier perceptions, the participants were informed about the safety and availability of free screening centers in the twin cities of Islamabad & Rwp.…”

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Impact of Pharmacist-led educational services in promoting breast cancer awareness

Mehmood,

-ud-Din,

Khan

et al. 2023

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Background Breast cancer is rapidly increasing worldwide. Pakistan has a high incidence rate of 1 in every nine women. The lack of awareness is the remarkable reason for delayed diagnosis, thus resulting in high mortality. In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of pharmacist-led breast cancer education at community pharmacies in promoting breast cancer awareness. Methodology: A longitudinal pre-post intervention study was conducted on 319 participants using a self-designed questionnaire. During the pre-intervention phase, participants were interviewed at various community pharmacies and were administered with the questionnaires. The provision of breast cancer educational session followed the session. After three months, the participants were interviewed by phone, and the questionnaires were filled in again during the post-intervention phase. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. Results The pre-post phase data evaluation reported improved breast cancer awareness among the study participants, where there was a significant increase (p = 0.000) in awareness of breast cancer symptoms, risk factors, and diagnostic techniques. There was also a marked increase (93.8%) in breast self-examination practice during the post-intervention phase. In fact, knowledge about clinical breast examination improved from 8.5% (pre-intervention phase) to 84.4% (post-intervention phase). Additionally, the awareness about mammography as an essential screening technique improved markedly, where approximately 34.7% of eligible women went to have mammography in the post-intervention phase. Conclusion Pharmacists, being competent healthcare professionals, play an important role in contributing to public health promotion activities. Therefore, pharmacist-led educational services should be employed to improve breast cancer awareness and for better disease control.

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“…(8,11,12) Literatürde mamografi çektirme sıklığının ise %10,5-55,9 arasında olduğu görülmektedir. (14)(15)(16)(17)(18) Yapılan çalışmalara göre mamografi çektirme sıklığı eğitim durumu, (19)(20)(21) yaş, (18) ve aylık gelir arttıkça artmaktadır (20,22) ; çekirdek aileye sahip olanlarda, (20) sağlık güvencesi olanlarda ve sosyoekonomik durumu iyi kişilerde yüksektir (23) . Meme kanseri insidansının yüksek olması ve KKMM, mamografi ile erken tanı konulabiliyor olması önemlidir.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviors of Women between the Ages of 40-69 on Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Çevik

Güneş

Hattatoğlu

et al. 2019

Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Introduction: In this study, it was aimed to determine the knowledge attitude and behavior characteristics of women between the ages of 40-69 and the factors related to early detection of breast cancer and to evaluate the related factors. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted in two urban and semi-urban areas of Balıkesir. The population of the study consisted of 2000 women aged between 40-69 years who were enrolled in two family health centers. The sample size was calculated as at least one time mammography use rates of 40% for women over 40 years of age and a minimum of 7% deviation and 95% confidence level with a minimum of 177. The sample selection was performed by face-to-face interviews with the questionnaire form structured by the researchers. The dependent variables of the study are self breast examination and mammography at any time. The independent variables are social and demographic characteristics, general health status, utilization of health services and information about institutions, the information index and attitude index about breast cancer. In the univariate analysis of dependent and independent variables, Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used in categorical data. Backward elimination method was used in logistic regression model. Type 1 error value p<0.05 was considered as significant in the analysis. Results: The mean age of the research group consisting of 180 people was 52,8±8,3 years. Self breast examination were higher 3.2 times (1,3-7,8) in those living in the semi-urban area; 2,5 times (1,1-6,2) in women aged 40-50, 3.0 times (1,1-6.2) the majority of life in the village, 2,5 times (1,1-6,5) without chronic disease, 3.1 times (1,3-7,4) in those with lower knowledge points, 5.8 times (2.6-12.9) those with low attitude scores (p <0.05). No mammography was found in 2,3 times (1,1-4,6) women in 40-50 years old, 3.8 times (1,1-14,1) for those without health insurance, 2.3 times (1.1-4.6) in those with lower knowledge score, 2.1 times (1.1-4.1) in those with lower attitude score (p<0.05). Conclusion: Only one-fifth of women performed regular breast self-examination and only half had mammography. Selfbreast self-examination and mammography-pulling behavior are low in socio-demographically disadvantaged groups. Knowing the community health center and going to the community health center affect the behavior positively. Therefore, it may be useful to increase the availability and accessibility of health services through community-based planned and routine screening to enable women to receive training and mammography in BSE.

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Examination of factors affecting women’s barrier perception to participate in breast cancer screenings in a region affiliated with a family health center in Turkey

Abstract: Demographic factors as well as factors such as women's knowledge on early diagnosis of breast cancer and previous experiences in participation in early diagnosis behaviors of breast cancer could affect the barrier perception.

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Evaluation of Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers Towards Breast Self-Examination (BSE)

Evaluation of Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers Towards Breast Self-Examination (BSE)

Impact of Pharmacist-led educational services in promoting breast cancer awareness

Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviors of Women between the Ages of 40-69 on Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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