Knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer and breast self-examination among women seeking out-patient care in a teaching hospital in central India

Siddharth, Rao; Gupta, Dilip; Narang, Ravinder; Singh, Puja

doi:10.4103/0019-509x.197710

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“…Only 18 (5.28) however have agreed to have done BSE in the past similar to the findings of two more studies done in India exhibiting a KAP gap for breast cancer. 8,11 A number of other studies have found out a high proportion of participants practicing BSE on contrary to the findings of present study. 10,[13][14][15][16]18…”

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“…[17][18][19][20] When asked about symptoms, majority mentioned any mass/lump in the breast followed by pain in line with the findings of many other studies. 8,11,14,15,20 Regular exercise was considered as one of the major protective factor against the occurrence of breast cancer by more than 60% of study participants in the present study in confirmation to the findings of other studies. 10,12,18 More than half of the participants in present study believed that they are not at risk and remaining were unaware but none positively believed that they are at risk of developing breast cancer.…”

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“…341 (86.11%) of the students in the present study accepted to be aware about breast cancer similar to the findings of many other studies 8,10,12-14 done both within and outside India and was higher than a couple of studies. 9,11 Four out of every five in the present study had heard about BSE in confirmation with the findings of few studies and was far better than many other studies done in the past. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] This difference in awareness levels both about Breast cancer and BSE could be due to differences in study periods, study settings, sampling techniques, profile of study subjects, tools of data collection etc.…”

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Breast cancer: knowledge, attitude and practices among undergraduate female students at a government college in Koppal, Karnataka

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Mane

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in general and most common cancer among women in both the developed and developing countries. Its incidence is on the raise due to increased life expectancy of people, increased urbanization and adoption of unhealthy lifestyles. An awareness of brest cancer and its presentation is essential among women for detection at an early stage and timely treatment for better prognosis. The objective of the study was to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices towards breast cancer among female students in the study setting. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted for duration of 3 months from July 2018 to September 2018 among female students at a degree college in Koppal city, Karnataka. A total of 396 students were included and data was collected using a pre tested and semi structured questionnaire after taking an informed consent. Data thus obtained was entered and analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel 2013. Results: More than 80% of study participants had heard about breast cancer in the present study but their knowledge on its various aspects was limited. More than half were positive in their attitude believing that they are not at risk of breast cancer and were willing to practice breast self-examination (BSE) in future but only 5.28% of them admitted to have done BSE in the past. Most common source of information about disease was school in the present study. Conclusions:The present study demonstrated KAP gap among graduate female students which needs to be tackled through proper educational interventions.

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Breast cancer: knowledge, attitude and practices among undergraduate female students at a government college in Koppal, Karnataka

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“…only 18.8% of the participants were aware of breast cancer. [ 19 ] Educational level was found to be associated with an awareness level of cancer.…”

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Cancer awareness and attitude towards cancer screening in India: A narrative review

Sahu

Subba

Giri

2020

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Cancer awareness is the key to early detection and better health-seeking behaviour. Cancer is quite common in both developing as well as developed countries, but awareness is yet poor among the general population. Poor awareness may lead to poor uptake of screening modalities and delay in diagnosis. One factor that has been consistently shown to be associated with late diagnosis and treatment is a delay in seeking help for cancer-like symptoms. This paper reviews the literature on cancer awareness among the general population and attitude towards screening modalities. The poor awareness level among the Indian population shows the need for health education and sensitisation regarding cancer and its different aspects. This will be helpful in the successful implementation of health programmes related to cancer.

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“…3 Frequency of occurrence of breast cancer was found to be in the range of 7.2 to 33.4 per one lakh population and it constitutes around 50 percent of all mortality related to cancer. 4 It is reported that 25 to 32% of all cancers among women are from the cities in India such as Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chennai. 5 In terms of mortality, breast cancer occupies 5 th position as a cause of death with 6.4%.…”

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Effectiveness of intervention on breast cancer among select students of Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

Swarnapriya

Srinivasan

Felix

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Background: Breast cancer is a public health problem worldwide and in India as well. Early diagnosis of this problem needs knowledge of the women. Further, belief on this disease also has been reported playing a role in taking steps in the early diagnosis and treatment. Methods: A total of 165 participants of this study include first year students pursuing various courses such as Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry. The knowledge was assessed in terms of risk factors, symptoms, methods of diagnosis and self-breast examination. Belief on breast cancer was also assessed. After pre assessment, intervention with video and power point presentation was carried out. Then assessments were made at immediate and 24 hours after interventions. Results: Significant improvements in the knowledge and belief were observed from pre intervention to immediately after intervention. Knowledge gained was sustained at 24 hours after intervention. Significant improvements in belief were observed between immediate and 24 hour assessments. Conclusions: The intervention was found to be effective. As regards the belief on breast cancer, it was observed that temporal dimension of belief was revealed by the improvements between the assessments.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer and breast self-examination among women seeking out-patient care in a teaching hospital in central India

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Breast cancer: knowledge, attitude and practices among undergraduate female students at a government college in Koppal, Karnataka

Breast cancer: knowledge, attitude and practices among undergraduate female students at a government college in Koppal, Karnataka

Cancer awareness and attitude towards cancer screening in India: A narrative review

Effectiveness of intervention on breast cancer among select students of Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

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