Knowledge of breast cancer, willingness and barriers to mammography screening among rural women in Enugu State, Nigeria

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

African Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v23i3.34

Lawreta Ijeoma Abugu, Evelyn Nwanebe Nwagu, Adaustin Ifeoma Okeke, Amelia Ngozi Odo

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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health threat. Mammography is the most reliable screening method that detectsbreast cancer early, enabling early onset of treatment which improves the prognosis of the disease. Objectives: To determine women’s knowledge of breast cancer, as well as barriers and willingness of women to participate inmammography screening. Methods: Using the cross-sectional survey design, we sampled and studied two rural communities of Enugu State, Nigeria.Two researcher-made questionnaires were used for the study. Frequencies, percentages, chi-square and regression analysis wereemployed in data analysis. Results: Only 11.4 percent of study participants had good knowledge of breast cancer. There were significant differences inknowledge of breast cancer based on level of education (χ2 = 15.670; p =.001), monthly income (χ2 =6.954; p = .021) and everscreened (χ2 =5.242; p =.015). Lack of money (48.0%) and lack of knowledge (30.4%) were the most reported barriers to breastcancer screening. Women that had ever screened were 92.3% less likely willing to be screened than those never screened (aOR:.077, 95%CI .011-.522, p=.009). Conclusion: Health Education should be combined with improving women’s economic status and subsidizing the cost ofscreening to increase breast cancer screening practice. Keywords: Mammography; breast cancer; screening practice; knowledge.

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尼日利亚埃努古州农村妇女对乳腺癌的了解、接受乳房x光检查的意愿和障碍

背景:乳腺癌是严重的公共卫生威胁。乳房x光检查是早期发现乳腺癌的最可靠的筛查方法，使早期治疗成为可能，从而改善疾病的预后。目的:了解女性对乳腺癌的认知程度，以及女性参与乳腺x线摄影筛查的障碍和意愿。方法:采用横断面调查设计，对尼日利亚埃努古州的两个农村社区进行抽样研究。该研究使用了两份研究人员制作的问卷。数据分析采用频率分析、百分比分析、卡方分析和回归分析。结果:只有11.4%的研究参与者对乳腺癌有良好的了解。不同文化程度对乳腺癌的认知差异有统计学意义(χ2 = 15.670;P =.001)、月收入(χ2 =6.954;P = 0.021)和未筛查(χ2 =5.242;p = .015)。据报道，缺乏资金(48.0%)和缺乏知识(30.4%)是进行乳腺癌筛查的最大障碍。接受过筛查的女性愿意接受筛查的比例比从未接受过筛查的女性低92.3%。077, 95%ci .011-。522年,本市p = .009) # x0D;结论:健康教育应与提高妇女经济地位和补贴筛查费用相结合，以增加乳腺癌筛查的实践。关键词:乳房x光检查;乳腺癌;筛选实践;知识。

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African Health Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

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2.30

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0.00%

发文量

179

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.