Breast Cancer knowledge and perceived barriers to help seeking among pre-clinical and clinical female medical students of King Edward Medical University, Lahore: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Hamnah Tayyab, Tahira Bano Qasim, Saleha Qasim, Kainat Zulqadar, Somer Masood, Zainab Zubair
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Students
Medical
Adolescent
Universities
Cross-sectional study
Population
lcsh:Medicine
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
Intervention (counseling)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Pakistan
030212 general & internal medicine
Lung cancer
education
skin and connective tissue diseases
Early Detection of Cancer
Breast self-examination
education.field_of_study
Medical education
lcsh:LC8-6691
medicine.diagnostic_test
Education
Medical
lcsh:Special aspects of education
business.industry
lcsh:R
Cancer
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Medical students
Help-seeking
Cross-Sectional Studies
Risk factors
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
Symptoms
Female
business
Barriers
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
BMC Medical Education
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02132-2
Popis: Background Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and second most common cancer after lung cancer. The prognosis of breast cancer depends on early detection and intervention which in turn relies upon awareness. Health workers in all communities are responsible for educating the population at risk. This study evaluates the knowledge regarding breast cancer, personal judgment of confidence, perceived barriers to help seeking and breast self-examination practices among Pakistani female medical students and studies the impact of clinical training on the studied variables. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional study design using self-administered validated questionnaires (BCAM-Breast Cancer Awareness Measure designed by Cancer Research UK) was employed. Female medical students enrolled in clinical and pre-clinical classes of King Edward Medical University, Lahore were targeted and questioned regarding symptoms, risk factors and their practices regarding breast cancer. Possible barriers to seeking help were also studied. Result The mean number of symptoms correctly identified was 6.7 ± 3.2 (5.5 ± 3.2 for pre-clinical and 7.8 ± 2.9 for clinical students) and for risk factors it was 4.3 ± 2.1 (3.7 ± 2.1 for pre-clinical and 4.7 ± 2.2 for clinical students). The difference in the level of perception of two groups was found to be significant (p p Conclusion This study suggests that clinical training may have improved knowledge of female medical students regarding breast cancer; yet the knowledge related to the symptoms and risk factors of breast cancer and frequency of breast self-examination of female medical students is less than anticipated.
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