Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning Breast Cancer and Self Examination Among Females in UAE
| Autor: | Yassen Alfoteih, Azza Ramadan, Zelal Jaber Kharaba, Ahmad Al-Azayzih, Manal Ali Buabeid, Rose Ghemrawi, Ahmad Z. Al Meslamani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030505 public health
Health (social science) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Breast cancer awareness Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Disease medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Self-Examination Weight loss medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Demography Breast self-examination |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Community Health. 46:942-950 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3610 0094-5145 |
| Popis: | Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most prevalent cancers and the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women worldwide with a steadily increasing global annual incidence. This study aims is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of females in the UAE toward BC and Breast Self-Examination practice in the seven Emirates. This was a face-to-face questionnaire-based study using CAM (Breast Cancer Awareness Measure) conducted over 3 months (from March to June 2019) on a random sample of females across the UAE. Of the 400 females who filled the questionnaire, 112 (28%) did the CBE at least once, and 184 (46%) practice BSE. Only 33% of participants were aware of the incidence of the BC in the UAE and those females were more likely to practice BSE (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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