Breast cancer screening in Kosovo: women's knowledge and behaviours

Turjaka, Arbëresha; Berisha, Merita; Luci, Lumturije Gashi; Lulaj, Shefqet

doi:10.2478/v10152-010-0016-7

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“…However, these studies carried out in Qom, Iran showed only 61.9% of respondents had a good level of knowledge [23] . About 97% the respondents showed that the method of screening of breast cancer by BSE in this study and this specific finding is higher than previous findings like 12.6% [24], 19% [25], 74.2% [17], 81.4% [26] respectively.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of malaysian medical students towards breast cancer: A cross-sectional study

Alaudeen¹,

Ganesan²

2019

Int Med Care

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Objectives: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world. The purpose of this study is to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination (BSE) and breast cancer among female International Medical School (IMS) students in Management and Science University. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted at IMS from April 2014 to September 2014. About 260 female students were selected randomly by a probability sampling method. A pre-tested, a self-administered validated questionnaire was used to gather data, which was analyzed using SPSS software. Chi-square test was used for analysis for categorical variables. p<0.05 were considered significant.Results: About 75% of the respondents (N=195) had overall knowledge and 89.6% (N=233) had an overall attitude towards BSE and breast cancer. About 167 respondents (64.2%) had poor BSE practice. There was no significance between the respondents' level of knowledge and practice of BSE (p=0.606). However, the association of respondents' level of attitude and practice of BSE was found statistically significant (p=0.002). Conclusion:The results indicate that the respondents had good overall knowledge and positive attitude. However, most respondents did not practice BSE. Therefore, there is certainly an immense requirement for a community health education and teaching-learning program that will inculcate the practice of BSE among young university students so that breast cancer can be reduced in Malaysia.

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