Awareness of Breast Cancer among Female Students and Faculty from Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Awad Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Samer Ali Al-Ammari, Abdulrahman Manaa Alamri, Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Saad M Alqahtani, Hajr Hassan Al-Wadei, Saeed A. Alsareii |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
0301 basic medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Obstetric risk Universities education Saudi Arabia Breast Neoplasms 03 medical and health sciences breast cancer 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Early menarche Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans General knowledge Family history Students Female students business.industry General Medicine Awareness Najran Prognosis medicine.disease Faculty Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Marital status Female business Follow-Up Studies Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP |
| ISSN: | 2476-762X |
| Popis: | Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the leading malignancy among women in Najran, Saudi Arabia. However, not much is known about the public’s awareness of BC. This study explored the general knowledge, early warning signs, risk factors and sources of information about BC. Methods: An online-based, anonymous, self-rating, cross-sectional and survey-based study was conducted from March-2019 to April-2019. Three-hundred female students and/or faculty from College of Medicine, Najran University (Najran, Saudi Arabia) participated in the study. Results: A total of 232 students (77.3%) and 68 faculty (22.7%) responded to the survey. Our study showed that nulliparity (83.8%) and early menarche before 12 years of age (29.7%) were the most pertinent obstetric risk factors of BC. Conversely, lack of physical activity (66.3%) and family history of BC (18%) were the most substantial non-obstetric risk factors of BC. According to pre-defined criteria, while the surveyed research subjects demonstrated ‘good’ general knowledge about BC (75.3%), they unfavorably exhibited ‘poor’ knowledge about the warning signs of BC (94.3%). The predictors of ‘good’ overall knowledge (general knowledge plus signs knowledge about BC) included age, marital status, educational level and family history (all p |
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