Australian women’s awareness of breast cancer symptoms and responses to potential symptoms

Jones, Sandra C.; Gregory, Parri; Nehill, Caroline; Barrie, Lance; Luxford, Karen; Nelson, Anne E.; Zorbas, Helen; Iverson, Donald C

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“…If a woman was not available in all visits or declined to participate in the study, the household was jumped and the immediate next household in the sampling frame was considered. Pretested, semi-structured questionnaire adapted from studies done in Nigeria and Iran [15,16] was used for the data collection. Data were collected by five health professionals specifically trained for this study.…”

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“…More than 90% of cases of breast cancer can be detected by women themselves, stressing the importance of breast self-examination (BSE) as the key breast cancer detection mechanism [9]. The problem is that poor awareness of breast cancer symptoms has usually been associated with patient delay in seeking help resulting in reduced survival, more aggressive and fewer treatment options [10].…”

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Knowledge on breast cancer and its prevention among women household heads in Northern Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Fenta²

2014

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) is one of the malignant diseases taking the lion's share role in the devastating effects caused by cancer. BC related awareness and practice of females are known to have crucial contribution in the prevention and control efforts. The worst aspects of the disease in Ethiopia include absence of research and thus very limited information on any aspect. The study assessed knowledge and practice on BC among women household heads. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 845 women. The sample size was divided among five randomly selected kebeles (smallest government administrative units) proportional to the number of households. Samples were selected by systematic sampling technique. Data were collected by trained data collectors through a face-to-face interview using pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire from female household heads. Pearson chi-square and logistic regression tests were used to assess the determinants of BC knowledge and breast cancer self examination (BSE) practice. Results: The respondents' age ranged from 20 to 75 years with a mean age of 33.66 ± 10.8. Onefifth (19.8%) of the respondents were illiterate, while 257 (31.8%) had primary education. Majority of them were married 548 (67.7%), Orthodox Christians 649 (80.4%), and housewives 365 (45.1%). Only 675 (83.4%) of the respondents have ever heard/read about BC. Media 399 (59.1%) and colleagues/friends/neighbors 200 (29.6%) were the major information sources. Only 86 (12.7%) of the respondents had a high BC knowledge. Even though 304 (45%) of the BC informed participants had information on BSE, only 163 (53.6%) of them have ever done it. Both BC knowledge and BSE practice were significantly affected by educational level. Conclusion: Majority of women household heads in Mekelle town had low knowledge and insufficient BC related practices. The region's health bureau and local mass-media need to work on breast cancer awareness and practice of the women in the town.

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Knowledge on breast cancer and its prevention among women household heads in Northern Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Fenta²

2014

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“…This has led to several studies investigating the actual problem by way of studying breast cancer awareness (Khokhar, 2009;Al-Dubai et al, 2011;Kanaga et al, 2011;Gurdal et al, 2012;Wu et al, 2012;Yoo et al, 2012;Donnelly et al, 2013;Norlaili et al, 2013;Radi, 2013;Liu et al, 2014;Sathian et al, 2014;Miyawaki, Shibata et al, 2014;Tazhibi and Feizi, 2014). Most studies have found that the awareness of breast cancer in developing countries was weak compared with developed countries (Jones et al, 2010;Kwok et al, 2012).…”

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Development of a Breast Cancer Awareness Scale for Thai Women: Moving towards a Validated Measure

Rakkapao¹,

Promthet²,

Moore³

et al. 2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Breast cancer is a major health problem among women around the world. Recent developments in screening and treatment have greatly improved the prognosis of patients with breast cancer in developed countries. However, in developing countries breast cancer mortality remains high.Breast cancer awareness is a first and important step in reducing breast cancer mortality. The development of a validated instrument to measure breast cancer awareness is crucial for the understanding and implementation of suitable health education programs to facilitate early deletion and minimize mortality. Objective: The objective of this study was to develop an instrument for the assessment of breast cancer awareness in Thai women. Materials and Methods: This methodological study was conducted in two stages: (1) literature searches and semi-structured interviews were conducted to generate items of the breast cancer awareness scale (B-CAS) which were subsequently examined for content and face validity, and (2) an exploration of the factor structure of the resulting instrument and an examination of its reliability. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire in Thai women aged 20-64 in August, 2015. Results: A total of 219 women (response rate 97.4 %) participated in this validation study. The B-CAS contains five domains with 53 items on breast cancer awareness: 1) knowledge of risk factors, 2) knowledge of signs and symptoms, 3) attitude to breast cancer prevention, 4) barriers of breast screening, and 5) health behavior related to breast cancer awareness. Items with a content validity index < 0.80 were excluded, and factor structure for the remaining items reflected the hypothesized five factor model. The scales based on all retained items was shown to have strongly internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α=0.86). Conclusions: The B-CAS provides good psychometric properties to assess breast cancer awareness in women. It can be used to examine breast cancer awareness in Thai women and it could lead to the development and evaluation of suitable educational interventions for raising breast cancer awareness. Future research should focus on further validating the B-CAS including an assessment of construct and criterion-based validity.

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“…Knowledge regarding breast cancer has been shown to be better among the more educated, and is generally satisfactory in developed countries [6,7]. Awareness and health seeking practices have been shown to be poor in many developing countries, necessitating the need for proper awareness programs [8,9].…”

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Awareness of breast cancer among adolescent girls in Colombo, Sri Lanka: a school based study

Ranasinghe

Rodrigo

et al. 2013

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundBreast cancer is the commonest cancer in women worldwide. Although programmes promoting breast cancer awareness are being carried out throughout Sri Lanka, few have targeted school students. We conducted this study to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breast cancer with reference to screening, services available, breast self-examination, and sources of information, among adolescent schoolgirls in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka.MethodsThe knowledge, attitudes and practices related to breast cancer were assessed among 859 adolescent girls in schools within the Colombo District, using a self-administered questionnaire. Classes and students were selected using multi-stage stratified cluster sampling.ResultsOf the total sample, approximately 60% of respondents identified ‘history of breast lump’, ‘family history of breast cancer’ & ‘exposure to irradiation’ as risk factors for breast cancer. Although most were aware that the presence of a breast lump was an important warning sign, awareness of other warning signs was poor. Only 35.6% identified mammogram as an effective screening method. One third of the sample maintained that they are unaware of symptoms, diagnostics and treatment of breast cancer. Of those who were aware, 90.6% named surgery as a treatment option for breast cancer, 79.4% were unaware that chemotherapy is used. Of the total sample, 17.1% knew how to perform breast self-examination, and only 9.4% were aware of currently available breast cancer screening services. Knowledge was significantly better among students who had a relative with breast cancer.ConclusionsThere were significant deficiencies in knowledge, attitudes and practices on breast cancer in the study population. In particular, knowledge on breast self examination was poor. There is a need for awareness programs aimed specifically at this important target group.

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Australian women’s awareness of breast cancer symptoms and responses to potential symptoms

Abstract: Health promotion efforts need to continue to aim at increasing community understanding of potential breast cancer symptoms and encouraging women to act on potential symptoms by seeking medical advice.

Cited by 20 publications

References 34 publications

Knowledge on breast cancer and its prevention among women household heads in Northern Ethiopia

Knowledge on breast cancer and its prevention among women household heads in Northern Ethiopia

Development of a Breast Cancer Awareness Scale for Thai Women: Moving towards a Validated Measure

Awareness of breast cancer among adolescent girls in Colombo, Sri Lanka: a school based study

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