Factors associated with older adults’ knowledge, attitude and practice on skin cancer prevention
| Autor: | Antonia Imaculada Santos Serafim, Samia Jardelle Costa de Freitas Maniva, Regina Kelly Guimarães Gomes Campos, Paulo Goberlânio de Barros Silva, Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro, Consuelo Helena Aires de Freitas Lopes, Huana Carolina Cândido Morais, Aline de Oliveira de Freitas |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 76, Iss 3 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1984-0446 0034-7167 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0606 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify factors associated with older adults’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding skin cancer prevention. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out with 120 older adults from a Basic Health Unit in Quixadá, Ceará, from September to November 2018. Results: individuals aged 60 to 69 years and working were statistically associated with adequate knowledge (p=0.038). Having light skin, eyes and hair was associated with adequate attitude (p=0.030). Having skin problems, such as bleeding wounds, was associated with adequate practice (p=0.016). With regard to inappropriate behavior for skin cancer prevention, there was a statistically significant association between working or having worked under direct exposure to the sun, inadequate knowledge (p=0.036), inadequate attitude (p=0.010) and having incomplete primary education and inadequate practice (p |
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