Relationship between demographic factors, health education, breast cancer-related knowledge, attitudes, and breast self-examination behavior among Chinese female college student: A structural equation analysis
| Autor: | Shunhua Zhang, Xiang Li, Zhaoyu Tao, Nianting Ju, Suge Zheng, Baole Chen, Ting Tang, Tiantian Hua, Weihao Zhu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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China
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.diagnostic_test Universities business.industry Eastern china Obstetrics and Gynecology Breast Self-Examination Breast Neoplasms medicine.disease Structural equation modeling Breast cancer Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Health education Female skin and connective tissue diseases business Students Health Education Breast self-examination Demography |
| Zdroj: | The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology researchReferences. 47(12) |
| ISSN: | 1447-0756 |
| Popis: | AIMS This study aimed to create a structural equation model to evaluate the associations among demographic factors, health education, breast cancer-related knowledge, attitudes, and breast self-examination behavior among Chinese female college students. METHODS A survey was undertaken using a self-administered questionnaire and targeting 2233 students from Eastern China. Structural equation modeling with the bootstrap approach was utilized to estimate the interrelationships and the strength of the associations among measured variables based on the hypothetical model. RESULTS Among the total participants, 14.7% of the female college students reported having performed breast self-examination. The final structural equation model showed highly satisfactory fitness on indices. Breast self-examination behavior was significantly linked to demographic factors, breast cancer related-knowledge, attitudes, and health education. Health education had the greatest influence on breast self-examination behavior. In addition, breast cancer related-knowledge was significantly associated with demographic factors and health education. Health education and knowledge all significantly affected attitudes towards breast cancer. CONCLUSION Breast self-examination behavior was influenced by demographic factors, breast cancer related-knowledge, attitudes towards breast cancer, and health education in a sample of female college students in China. Health education was the most important predictor of breast self-examination behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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