Psychosocial Problems of Rural Indian Women Practising Breast Self-Examination - a Community-Based Study from Southern India.

IF 3.3 4区 医学 Q2 ONCOLOGY
Pabithadevi Balaiah Mehanathan, Alex Arthur Edwards Dennison, Amudha Vikramathithan Panchapooranam, Sunitha Kandasamy, Padmavathi Subbiah, Lakshmikandhan Velappan, Shantaraman Kalyanaraman
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Introduction: Globally, breast cancer affects 2.5 million people annually. Younger women with advanced-stage cancers had a lower survival rate, but early detection enhanced survival chances by 27 to 47%. Breast self-examination (BSE) has led to early detection and higher rates of benign biopsies. Studies evaluating the psychosocial impact of BSE are few in India which has been attempted in the present study.

Methods: The community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among rural women aged 30 years and above, who have done BSE at least once without present or prior breast abnormalities in the field practice area of Model Rural Health Research Unit, Tirunelveli. The research questionnaire was developed based on the findings of focus group discussion (FGD) on the same objective in the study area.

Results: Among 379 participants, 146 (38.5%) felt confident in their BSE knowledge, 28.2% (n=107) and 5.5% (n=21) of the respondents experienced anxiety and depression while practising BSE, respectively. There is a significant difference between the mean anxiety levels (p-value=0.002) and depression (p-value=0.013) of individuals who have detected anomalies during BSE and those who have not.

Conclusion: Regular counselling has to improve knowledge about BSE, like the timing and method of examination, and decreases the anxiety and depression level.

印度农村妇女进行乳房自我检查的社会心理问题——一项来自印度南部的社区研究。
导言:在全球范围内,乳腺癌每年影响250万人。患有晚期癌症的年轻女性生存率较低,但早期发现可使生存率提高27%至47%。乳房自我检查(BSE)导致早期发现和较高的良性活检率。评估疯牛病的社会心理影响的研究在印度很少,这在本研究中已经进行了尝试。方法:以社区为基础的描述性横断面研究对30岁及以上的农村妇女进行了研究,这些妇女在Tirunelveli示范农村卫生研究单位的实地实践区至少做过一次疯牛病,目前或以前没有乳房异常。研究问卷是根据研究区域内同一目标的焦点小组讨论(FGD)的结果制定的。结果:在379名参与者中,146名(38.5%)对自己的疯牛病知识有信心,28.2% (n=107)和5.5% (n=21)的受访者在练习疯牛病时分别感到焦虑和抑郁。在BSE期间检测到异常的个体和未检测到异常的个体的平均焦虑水平(p值=0.002)和抑郁水平(p值=0.013)之间存在显著差异。结论:定期咨询可以提高患者对疯牛病的认识,如检查时间和方法,降低患者的焦虑和抑郁水平。
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