Identification of women’s breast cancer prevention behaviors and the associated factors: The case of the southeastern Anatolia Region
| Autor: | Sidar Gül, Zeliha Büyükbayram |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Health Care for Women International. :1-17 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4665 0739-9332 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07399332.2021.2021914 |
| Popis: | In this study, the researchers investigated the factors that affect women's breast cancer prevention behaviors. The sample of this cross-sectional and descriptive study consisted of 406 participants aged 20 and older. The study was conducted in February-March 2021 within the administrative borders of a province located in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The data were collected via an online platform using Personal Information Form and the Scale of Factors Affecting Women's Breast Cancer Prevention Behaviors. The mean Scale of Factors Affecting Women's Breast Cancer Prevention Behaviors score of the participants was moderate as 107.20 ± 17.86. The frequency of breast cancer prevention behaviors was found to be lower in the participants with low literacy, those who were unemployed, those with low income, those living in villages and those who did not perform breast self-examination ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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