Predictors in breast cancer screening behaviors of South Asian women

Perera, Jananie C; Peiris, Vimukthini; Wickramasinghe, Dakshitha Praneeth; Zoysa, Ishan De

doi:10.1111/ajco.12168

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“…The current study showed a significant association between menopause and utilization of MS. This finding is consistent with Perera et al, (24) that found postmenopausal women to be more likely to undergo MS than premenopausal women.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…It was also in line with Vyas et al, (23) who reported that women aged 40 -49 years may be less likely to be adherent to MS than women aged 50 years and above. Another study conducted by Perera et al, (24) among Asian women revealed a similar finding: older women tended to use MS services more often. Concerning marital status, the study findings indicated that there was no significant association between MS utilization and marital status.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Elshamy et al, (27) reported that years of education were not associated with increased knowledge about BC. On the contrary Perera et al, (24) and Ozmen et al, (28) stated that higher education is significantly associated with higher MS utilization.…”

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Mammography Screening Utilization Behavior among Egyptian Female Employees in Alexandria

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Wahdan

Gawwad

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Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) has become a health priority due to its increasing incidence. It is curable when detected at an early stage, so there is an urgent need for its early detection. Mammography screening (MS) is the main recommended test for early detection of BC. Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess MS utilization behavior among female employees and to identify some factors based on the Health Belief Model that determines the likelihood of MS utilization behavior in terms of: health beliefs, knowledge about BC and its risk factors, and access and need for MS. Methods: The study was conducted among 400 female employees aged 40 years and older in four workplace sectors in Alexandria using a cross sectional approach. A predesigned interview questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data, habits, reproductive history, family history, culture affiliation, access to MS, reproductive health screening behavior, MS utilization behavior, need for MS, knowledge about BC and MS, perceptions towards BC and MS, perceived threat (susceptibility and severity), perceived benefits and perceived barriers to MS, (personal barriers, economic barriers, health care system barriers). Results: More than two thirds of females (69.7%) had bad MS utilization. Seventy two percent of females had poor knowledge about BC protective factors, signs and symptoms and risk factors of BC and about MS. The perception of the studied females was high concerning susceptibility and seriousness of BC and benefits of screening but there were some perceived personal, economic and health care system barriers to MS. Multiple linear regression analysis of the factors predicting MS utilization shows that age, accessibility, perceived need, total knowledge of BC, MS, and occupation sector were the significant predictors. Conclusion: The majority of female employees had poor knowledge about BC and MS. Increasing the females' knowledge about BC and accessibility to screening areas are important strategies influencing their decisions about whether or not to participate in cancer preventive practices.

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Mammography Screening Utilization Behavior among Egyptian Female Employees in Alexandria

Diab¹,

Wahdan

Gawwad

et al. 2018

Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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“…We also hypothesize that other confounding factors such as level of education of partners, family income, permanent employment, having a relative affected by cancer will also be associated with better awareness and positive health seeking behaviours of females. It has been shown previously that better education, age greater than 50 years, past history of hysterectomy and several other factors to be significantly associated with attending breast cancer screening in Sri Lanka [ 5 ]. However, this sample was selected from women attending a mammography centre and is not representative of the community.…”

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Awareness of female malignancies among women and their partners in Southern Sri Lanka and implications for screening: a cross sectional study

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BackgroundThe incidences of breast, cervical and uterine malignancies continue to increase in Sri Lanka. It is important to explore the awareness of both women and their male partners regarding these malignancies and available screening services as it would determine the health seeking behaviours of females.MethodsThis was a cross sectional survey of couples residing in the Galle District of the Southern province of Sri Lanka. The sample was selected from all 17 health administrative divisions of the district. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect data on demography and level of awareness (risk factors, symptoms, signs, screening services) of breast, cervical and uterine cancers. Same questionnaire was used for both sexes except for gender specific questions.ResultsA total of 282 (n-282, 564 individuals) couples were interviewed. The level of awareness regarding all malignancies was low. More than 50 % of participants in both sexes scored less than half the points on a questionnaire testing awareness. Better family income, better education and permanent employment showed a significant association with better awareness in both sexes (univariate analysis). Encouragement by male partner was associated with better participation in some instances.ConclusionsCommunity based health education on female malignancies needs to target both sexes. Educating males is important as, i) male partners can encourage females to utilize screening services and ii) some screening and preventive measures are relevant to males also. Better awareness of males may increase the uptake of screening services by females in societies with male dominant gender roles.

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The demographic and Psychological determinants of performing Mammography among the Employed Women in Medical Professions in western Iran: the Role of Threat Appraisal and Coping Appraisal

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Predictors in breast cancer screening behaviors of South Asian women

Abstract: Five statistically significant predictors of mammographic screening among Sri Lankan women were identified. These suggest that higher health awareness and exposure to health care providers are important predictors.

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Mammography Screening Utilization Behavior among Egyptian Female Employees in Alexandria

Mammography Screening Utilization Behavior among Egyptian Female Employees in Alexandria

Awareness of female malignancies among women and their partners in Southern Sri Lanka and implications for screening: a cross sectional study

The demographic and Psychological determinants of performing Mammography among the Employed Women in Medical Professions in western Iran: the Role of Threat Appraisal and Coping Appraisal

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