Ovarian cancer symptom awareness and anticipated delayed presentation in a population sample
| Autor: | Alice E. Simon, Lindsay J L Forbes, Jane A. Hanson, John Steward, Katherine Emma Brain, Richard D Neal, Ceri White, Stephanie Smits, Iain Robbé, Chris Roberts |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice media_common.quotation_subject Population Psychological intervention Logistic regression RC0254 Ovarian cancer Risk Factors Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Genetics medicine Animals Humans education media_common Aged Ovarian Neoplasms education.field_of_study Wales business.industry Cancer Awareness Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Risk perception Postmenopause Logistic Models Oncology Anticipated delay Symptoms Physical therapy Female Presentation (obstetrics) Worry business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1471-2407 |
| Popis: | Background: While ovarian cancer is recognised as having identifiable early symptoms, understanding of the key determinants of symptom awareness and early presentation is limited. A population-based survey of ovarian cancer awareness and anticipated delayed presentation with symptoms was conducted as part of the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP). Methods: Women aged over 50 years were recruited using random probability sampling (n = 1043). Computer-assisted telephone interviews were used to administer measures including ovarian cancer symptom recognition, anticipated time to presentation with ovarian symptoms, health beliefs (perceived risk, perceived benefits/barriers to early presentation, confidence in symptom detection, ovarian cancer worry), and demographic variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the contribution of independent variables to anticipated presentation (categorised as |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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