Perceived Barriers to Mammography Adoption among Women in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Shirzadi, Shayesteh; Allahverdipour, Hamid; Sharma, Manoj; Hassankhani, Hadi

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“…27,28 A study conducted in the United States among Jordanian and Palestinian immigrant women revealed that the respondents experienced certain fears such as fear of cancer treatment, fear of pain, and fear of cancer discovery. 29 Shirzadi et al 30 showed that perception of mammography harmfulness was an established barrier towards MS as the women experienced their worries about radiation exposure in addition to the fear of the procedure itself. 30 Overcoming of the personal barriers can be done by enhancing health-seeking behavior in the awareness campaigns through informing the women about 2558 the benefits of early recognition of BC and empowering them to take care of own health even if they were busy.…”

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“…29 Shirzadi et al 30 showed that perception of mammography harmfulness was an established barrier towards MS as the women experienced their worries about radiation exposure in addition to the fear of the procedure itself. 30 Overcoming of the personal barriers can be done by enhancing health-seeking behavior in the awareness campaigns through informing the women about 2558 the benefits of early recognition of BC and empowering them to take care of own health even if they were busy. In addition, these awareness campaigns should provide all the information necessary about MS to the women.…”

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<p>Perceived Barriers and Awareness of Mammography Screening Among Saudi Women Attending Primary Health Centers</p>

Abdel-Salam¹,

Mohamed²,

Alyousef³

et al. 2020

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Purpose Mammography screening (MS) is an underutilized screening tool; although it is provided free of charge to the Saudi community. The present study aimed at assessing knowledge and barriers of mammography screening among women attending primary health centers in Aljouf region, Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out among 423 women aged 41–75 years attending ten primary health centers in Aljouf region, Saudi Arabia. Structured interviewing questionnaires were used for data collection. SPSS program, version 24 was used for data analysis. Results The least reported risk factors of BC in this study were early menarche (14.9%), first pregnancy after the age of 30 years (18%), and late menopause (18.7%). Concerning knowledge of MS, 50.8% of the women correctly identified that mammogram is the ideal method for detecting BC. The most encountered personal barriers towards MS were lack of information about mammogram (69.5%), fear of exposure to radiation (67.4%), fear of discovery of BC (62.9%), being busy all the time (62.2%), and fear of cancer treatment (61.9%). Regarding economic barriers, 40% of the participants reported that taking sick leave from work is difficult while 37.8% revealed that mammogram is costly. Concerning health system barriers, the most common barriers were fear of error in diagnosis (62.6%), long time to take medical appointment (57%), and preferring not to have a mammogram except after a doctor recommendation (52.7%). The present study showed that women’s education and residence significantly predicted their knowledge. Furthermore, women’s education and income significantly predicted their barriers towards MS. Conclusion Many barriers toward mammography screening were encountered in the present study. Addressing these barriers and raising awareness about MS may be of great value to increase its uptake by Saudi women.

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<p>Perceived Barriers and Awareness of Mammography Screening Among Saudi Women Attending Primary Health Centers</p>

Abdel-Salam¹,

Mohamed²,

Alyousef³

et al. 2020

RMHP

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“…Lack of awareness is one of the most prominent barriers to screening in different countries [15,16,23,24,34,58,59,61,62,83]. Low level of awareness about breast cancer and its diagnostic methods [16,25,35,61], advantages of early detection of breast cancer, the necessity and importance of screening, the time of screening [25], knowledge of how to perform screening, clinics available in the city and consequences of late detection of breast cancer justify the low prevalence of mammography screening in many Asian countries [26, 36-38, 61, 63, 64, 84]. In a study in Turkey, those who had information about mammography were eight times more likely to perform screening than those who did not have information [27], (OR ¼ 8.83, 95% CI: 3.27, 23.84).…”

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A review of barriers and facilitators to mammography in Asian women

Momenimovahed¹,

Tiznobaik²,

Taheri³

et al. 2020

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Aim: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Asia and one of the major health problems in most countries in the region. Despite extensive advances in treatment, early diagnosis is one of the main methods for increasing the survival rate. It is necessary to evaluate the barriers and facilitators of screening in different societies. This study was conducted to identify the barriers and facilitators of mammography in Asia. Materials and methods: To identify the barriers and facilitators of mammography in Asia, a comprehensive search was carried out in databases such as Medline, Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus using keywords, including breast cancer, screening, mammography, barriers, facilitators and the names of each Asian country, as well as a combination of these keywords were used to help the search. Full-text, English language and original articles were included in this study. Results: In total, 71 articles were entered into the study. The findings of this study revealed various barriers to mammography in Asian women, including knowledge, sociodemographic factors, cost and insurance, cultural factors, belief, attitude and feeling, fear, pain and embarrassment, self-efficacy, religious, psychological factors, time constraint, fatalism, professional recommendations, communication, social support and access. Also, knowledge, attitude and belief, perceived risk, professional and social factors were found to be facilitators of mammography. Conclusion: Knowing the barriers and facilitators to access mammography is the first step in the development of a successful screening program. Awareness and various personal, professional and social factors have emerged as the major barriers to access to mammography in most Asian countries.

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“…While there is a growing body of research on a barriers such as lack of knowledge, fear of breast cancer diagnosis, 8 , 9 possible pain experienced during mammography, low self-efficacy, lack of health motivation, lack of access to health-care, and lack of physician referral, 10 - 12 research on the role of fear of negative evaluation on mammography screening is scarce. Due to its consequences, 13 - 15 fear of negative evaluation would be an important detrimental factor in women’s mammography screening.…”

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Fear of negative appearance evaluation and attitude towards mammography: Moderating role of internal health locus of control,cancer worry and age

Sharif

Ahadzadeh

Ong

et al. 2020

Health Promot Perspect

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Background: Mammography screening tends to reduce mortality rate through early detection. One of the barriers to mammography screening is fear of negative appearance evaluation(FNAE). This study investigated the impact of internal health locus of control, breast cancer worries and age on the relationship between FNAE and attitude towards mammography. Methods: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey design was used. Samples were Iranian women, living in Iran, aged at least 30 years old, without any history of cancer, and had not performed mammography previously based on self-report. In total, 823 samples were collected through conducting an online survey from April to June 2016. The questionnaire consisted of several instruments including attitude toward breast cancer screening procedures scale, FNAEscale, the internal dimension of the multidimensional health locus of control, and two items to measure breast cancer worry. Using covariance-based structural equation modeling the model was tested. Results: The interaction of FNAE with internal health locus of control (β = -0.128, P<0.05,CI: -0.200, -0.056), breast cancer worry (β = 0.090, P<0.05, CI: -0.162, -0.017), and age (β =-0.095, P<0.05, CI = -0.163, -0.026) was significant. The three tested moderators dampened the positive relationship between FNAE and negative attitude towards mammography. Conclusion: More information about the screening procedure should be given to women to overcome their fear. The findings indicate the need for interventions seeking to shift women’s health locus of control from external to internal. Women with low level of cancer worry need more attention.

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Perceived Barriers to Mammography Adoption among Women in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Cited by 27 publications

References 22 publications

<p>Perceived Barriers and Awareness of Mammography Screening Among Saudi Women Attending Primary Health Centers</p>

<p>Perceived Barriers and Awareness of Mammography Screening Among Saudi Women Attending Primary Health Centers</p>

A review of barriers and facilitators to mammography in Asian women

Fear of negative appearance evaluation and attitude towards mammography: Moderating role of internal health locus of control,cancer worry and age

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