Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Breast Cancer Screening among Women Visiting Primary Care Centers in Abu Dhabi

AbstractBackgroundBreast cancer is the most common cancer among women in UAE. Screening for it can reduce morbidity and mortality and improve women survival. Low level of knowledge and poor practice of breast cancer screening could be due to many factors. The aim of our study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer screening of women attending primary care centers in Abu Dhabi region.MethodA cross sectional study was done in 2017 using questionnaire about breast cancer awareness measure. Six primary health care centers were included which were located inside and outside Abu Dhabi island. Three hundred eighty three women participated in the study, between the age of 40-65.ResultsThe facilities to screen for breast cancer screening is available, but it is still underutilized by women. Even though we found in our study that women had high level of knowledge about breast cancer (45.7%), but their practice for mammogram was poor (52.2%). We also found that, the higher the education, employment and family history of breast cancer women had better knowledge, with statistically significant result respectively (P=0.000), (P=0.018), (P=0.013), and women older than 49 had better practice of mammogram (P=0.000). In our study, we concluded that women who attend clinic located inside island of Abu Dhabi had better knowledge and practice compared to women attending clinics located outside the island who had better attitude.ConclusionIn our study we found that despite having the modalities and services for breast cancer screening, it is still underutilized. Our population sample showed that women had good knowledge about breast cancer but poor practice for mammogram. Educational level, age and region all played role in their knowledge, attitude and practice. As primary care providers we are a big influencers on the society and the first contact to them, we can utilize this to spread the awareness. We can approach the women through social media, more campaigns and offering free mammogram to women who cannot afford paying for it. Spreading the awareness about screening will reduce the burden of breast cancer treatment on the health care system government too.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Breast Cancer Screening Methods Among Female Patients in Primary Healthcare Centers in Najran, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Cancer Education ◽

10.1007/s13187-018-1423-8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 1167-1172 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Majed Alshahrani ◽

Sultan Yahya M. Alhammam ◽

Hussain Ali Salem Al Munyif ◽

Amani Mohammad Abbad Alwadei ◽

Alanood Mohammad Abbad Alwadei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Screening Methods ◽

Female Patients ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices ◽

Primary Healthcare Centers

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women in Jordan

Health Care For Women International ◽

10.1080/07399332.2014.926900 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 578-592 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Areej Othman ◽

Mamoun Ahram ◽

Mohammed Rasoul Al-Tarawneh ◽

Manal Shahrouri

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Breast Cancer

Archives of Breast Cancer ◽

10.32768/abc.20207125-32 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

Hesam Adin Atashi ◽

Mohammad Eslami Vaghar ◽

Maedeh Olya ◽

Parisa Mirzamohammadi ◽

Hamid Zaferani Arani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Family History ◽

Early Detection ◽

Marital Status ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Positive Family History ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

History Of ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Background: The incidence of breast cancer is rising rapidly worldwide. Midwives have an important role in early detection of the disease by providing the patients with awareness and an accurate Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) of the patients that are effective in early detections. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practices of midwives toward breast cancer.Methods: The study was conducted on 210 of midwives aged 20-62 who participated in a seminar for clarifying the role of knowledge, attitudes and practices in breast cancer early detection and prevention. The data were collected using a standard questionnaire which has 4 sections with 55 items including age, educational level, number of family members, marital status, family history of breast cancer and their knowledge, attitude and practices about breast cancer screening. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 13.0.Results: About two-third of the participants (65.9%) had excellent knowledge about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. The results revealed that 30.8% of respondents performed self-examination once a month. There was a significant correlation between the knowledge of breast cancer and adopting preventive practices (P = 0.02). The level of their attitude was significantly associated with a positive family history of breast cancer (P= 0.03). There was no significant relationship between marital status or family history of breast cancer with CBE. Conclusion: An appropriate level of knowledge and practice of breast cancer screening was observed to help prevention among midwives. The findings can have remarkable practical implications as midwives can play an important role to broaden the breast-cancer-related knowledge of women.

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening among female health care professionals: a cross sectional study

BMC Women s Health ◽

10.1186/s12905-019-0819-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Humariya Heena ◽

Sajid Durrani ◽

Muhammad Riaz ◽

Isamme AlFayyad ◽

Rabeena Tabasim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Health Care ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Clinical Breast Examination ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Clinical Breast ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Abstract Background Incidence of breast cancer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has increased in recent years. Screening helps in early detection of cancer and early diagnosis and timely treatment of breast cancer lead to a better prognosis. Women in the healthcare profession can have a positive impact on the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of general public. Therefore, it is important that the healthcare workers themselves have adequate knowledge and positive attitudes. We conducted a study to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening among female healthcare professionals. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on female health professional of KFMC (King Fahad Medical City). Data was collected using a pre-designed, tested, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included specific sections to test the participants’ knowledge, attitude, and practices related to cervical cancer and its screening. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics. Results A total of 395 health care workers participated in this study. The mean age of the participants was 34.7 years. Participants included physicians (n = 63, 16.0%), nurses (n = 261, 66.1%), and allied health workers (n = 71, 18.0%). Only 6 (1.5%) participants had a good level of knowledge of breast cancer and 104 (26.8%) participants demonstrated a fair level of knowledge. Overall, 370 (93.7%), 339 (85.8%), and 368 (93.2%) participants had heard of breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography, respectively. A total of 295 (74.7%) participants reported practicing breast self-examination, 95 (24.1%) had undergone clinical breast examination, and 74 (18.7%) had ever undergone mammography. Conclusion The knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening were found to be lower than expected. Active steps are required to develop educational programs for the health care staff, which might empower them to spread the knowledge and positively influence the attitudes of female patients in the hospital.

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