Breast Cancer Screening Practice: Early Detection Saves Lives (original) (raw)
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer screening methods among female patients attending five primary healthcare centers in Najran, Saudi Arabia. A crosssectional survey was conducted on 500 female patients, and a direct interview questionnaire was used to collect data. Our results indicated a low knowledge about breast cancer, breast self-examination, mammogram and clinical breast examination was 54.4%, 56%, 90.4%, and 83.8%, respectively. Nineteen percent of patients demonstrated a high knowledge of breast self-examination. Breast self-examination was performed by 35% of patients, whereas 15% of patients received mammograms and 19.8% clinical breast examinations. The most common barrier for screening methods of breast cancer was that patients were unaware of half of the screening methods. A total of 20.6% of women did not perform breast self-examinations because they were not well trained, and 26.4% of women did not receive clinical breast examinations because there was no female doctor available. The main source of information among the women patients was social media (52.4%), whereas 8.8% received information through their healthcare provider. In summary, the majority of women demonstrated poor knowledge about breast cancer and screening methods. Additional effort should be put forth through women's healthcare providers to increase the awareness of breast cancer screening. That means we need to continue emphasizing the importance of primary healthcare for early detection of breast cancer in the early stages.
The Internet Journal of Public Health
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is responsible for 10.4% of the global burden of cancers in women and half of this occurs in developing countries. In the sphere of cancer control, much would be achieved if breast cancer were to be detected early. Since a large proportion of patients in India present with advanced disease, any down-staging due to early detection will considerably reduce treatment cost as well as morbidity even if mortality is unaffected. This can be achieved by breast health awareness and adherence to screening practices. OBJECTIVE: The aims of this cross-sectional study were to determine the level of knowledge regarding breast cancer and to measure breast self-examination (BSE) performance in a group of 80 women aged 40 years and above. Additionally we also intended to demonstrate the correct method of BSE performance to each woman included in our study individually and privately. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study conducted over a period of two months commencing on August 1 st 2009 and ending on 30 th September 2009. 80 women were interviewed by means of a structured questionnaire (after obtaining written informed consent) in the surgical outpatient department of the K.J.Somaiya Medical College, Sion, Mumbai. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic variables, breast cancer risk factors and protective factors and knowledge and practice of BSE. Further, attitude towards BSE was also evaluated. The data were analyzed by descriptive studies, chi square test and analysis of variance in order to find out the P value. The interview was followed by an interactive session where each woman was individually and privately educated on breast self-examination by the investigators themselves in the presence of a nurse. RESULTS: Breast cancer awareness was found to be 52% in this group of women even though 95% women claimed to have heard of the disease. Only 12% of all women had received information about breast cancer from health professionals while a majority (60%) stated their source of information to be family and friends. Level of breast cancer knowledge was significantly associated with age (younger women more aware than older), income (women belonging to higher income group found to be more aware than those who were economically deprived), literacy (graduates and post graduates more knowledgeable), parity (women bearing lesser number of children being more aware), occupation (teachers and businesswomen being the most aware versus farmers who were the least aware). 38% women had never heard of BSE and among those that had heard of it, 15% were regular while 23% were irregular performers. Thus performance of BSE was found to be inadequate in this group. Not knowing the correct method was the most frequently reported reason for non performance.
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2021
Background: A significant proportion of women present in advanced stages of breast cancer due to lack of awareness and non-availability of preventive health checkups. Annual clinical breast examination (CBE) in women aged 40-60 years is estimated to reduce mortality in India comparable to that achieved by biennial mammography at considerably low cost. Aim of the project was to encourage women aged 30-70 years to regularly undergo annual CBE.Methods: The five year project was implemented in Mumbai in an estimated population of 15120 distributed in slums and low income group buildings. The beneficiaries of the project were women aged 30-70 years. Two Interventions, i.e. breast cancer education and screening were implemented by the project. List of women eligible for breast cancer screening, was used to track the utilisation of services.Results: Over the period of five years, 14249 one-one health education interactions took place and fourteen group health education sessions were conduc...
International Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research
Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in both developing and developed countries. One major contributor to high morbidity is late diagnosis which is due to lack of knowledge of the risk factors, causes, early signs and symptoms and simple screening tools like Self Breast Examination (SBE) and Clinical Breast Examination (CBE). The aim of this study was to compare level of knowledge of BC, CBE and SBE as well as attitude and practice towards CBE and SBE between women in rural and urban areas. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 women who were residents of Parklands (Urban area) and Kawama (Rural area). Equal numbers of women from each area were recruited into the study. All the 300 questionnaires were properly filled and returned. Data was entered and analysed in SPSS version 20.0 software. The majority of participants (34.3%) were between the age of 36 and 45 years and resided in Parklands (59.2%). All the participants (100%) had heard about CBE but only 87.3% of these respondents were able to explain correctly what it is (53.7% urban and 42.7% rural). Of all the respondents, 57.7% had heard about Self Breast Examination before the day of the interview. The most common source of information of CBE was 'friends' (77%). Furthermore, 49.7% of the subjects had good knowledge about BC and CBE, while 28% had poor knowledge. Of all the women, 45% had good knowledge about BSE while 53.7% had poor knowledge. In addition, 96.3% of the respondents showed good attitude toward CBE and 3.7% showed poor attitude. Level of education showed significant relationship with Practice of CBE (P-value: 0.00), Practice of SBE (P-Value: 0.00), level of knowledge of CBE (P-value: 0.00) and level of knowledge of SBE (P-Value: 0.00). Lastly, attitude towards CBE did not seem to show any significant relationship with practice of CBE (P-Value: 0.522). The findings of the study showed that most of rural than urban women had poor knowledge about BC, CBE and SBE. Educational programs on breast cancer and SBE should be conducted in print and electronic media using the local languages to reach out to the women in rural areas.
BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The present study aimed to improve breast cancer (BC) awareness and practices using Information, Education and Communication (IEC) modules and health educational sessions for women and primary healthcare providers in low socioeconomic community of Mumbai. Design Pre-post quasi-experimental design. Setting The study was conducted in a lower socioeconomic area of G-South ward of Mumbai, Maharashtra. The baseline and endline survey was conducted using structured interview schedules. Participants 410 women were selected, aged between 18 and 55 years who were not pregnant, lactating or diagnosed with BC. Intervention A health education-based intervention module was developed to educate women through group and individual sessions. Outcomes Summative indices were constructed to understand the net mean difference in knowledge of signs, symptoms and risk factors. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired t-test were used to check the significant improvement of intervention. Results ...
Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research, 2022
Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females. It is also a leading cause of cancer deaths among females. In rare instances, breast cancer can also affect males. This research will focus on breast cancer awareness in females and knowledge about BSE (BREAST SELF EXAMINATION) Aim: To assess the knowledge of breast self examination and awareness about breast cancer among female students of BABA FARID INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Method: An online survey was conducted among 600 female students of BABA FARID INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEHRADUN via email and personalized links. The survey consists of self structured questionnaire. Data was collected from participants The study was conducted online among 400 female students of BABA FARID INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. A self structured questionnaire was prepared and validated. Data was collected from the participants by using convenience sampling technique and subjected to statistical analysis. Result: Medical students have the highest knowledge about breast cancer and BSE (BREAST SELF EXAMINATION). 18-21 age groups were found to have great knowledge about breast cancer. 20 participants don't think screening is helpful in early detection of breast cancer. Media was found the common source of information about breast cancer. 46 (36.25) students were taught by their friends to perform BSE. 88 (69.3%) participants don't practice BSE. Conclusion: More awareness strategies need to be applied in order to raise the knowledge about BSE, mammography knowledge, and other preventive practice among young female population in this region. Along with this, there should be general health education programs directed towards achieving the needs to be launched
Awareness, Attitude and Practices Regarding Breast Cancer Screening among Community Women
https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR\_Vol.11\_Issue.8\_Aug2021/IJHSR-Abstract.023.html, 2021
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. In Nepal, it is the second most common cancer. Early detection of breast cancer serves a leading role in the reduction of breast cancer mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness, attitude and practices regarding breast cancer screening among community women Method: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried among 316 community women. Probability simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was done by using SPSS version 16. Result: Our results indicated that very few (7.3%) participants had good knowledge towards breast cancer screening. Half (50%) had poor attitude. Sixty two percent of participants had done breast selfexamination, one fourth (25%) had done clinical breast examination and very low (10%) had done mammogram. Though very few participants demonstrated good knowledge, about 90% of participants were aware that lump in breast can be related to breast cancer and agreed that every woman is risk for breast cancer. Conclusion: Majority of women demonstrated poor knowledge, attitude and practice towards breast cancer screening. Thus, effort should be put forth to increase the awareness of breast cancer screening for the early detection of breast cancer in the early stage.
Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and by far the most frequent cancer among women with an estimated 1.67 million new cancer cases diagnosed in 2012. Breast cancer ranks as the fifth cause of death from cancer overall (522,000 deaths) and while it is the most frequent cause of cancer death in women in less developed regions (324,000 deaths), it is now the second cause of cancer death in more developed regions after lung cancer. AIM To assess the awareness and knowledge about various risk factors, symptoms and screening methods of breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 80 adult females. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which included questions on socio-demographic data, knowledge of various risk factors, symptoms and screening of breast cancer. RESULTS The mean age of participants was 39.25 years with 42.5% aged 31 to 40 years. Majority 60% participants had a poor knowledge about various risk factors of breast cancer. No participant could correctly identify all the seven symptoms mentioned in the questionnaire. Maximum of five symptoms of breast cancer were identified by only 17.5%. Majority 60% participants had not heard about Breast Self-Examination (BSE), only 5% participants had heard about BSE and were regular performers. None of the participants had clinical breast examination in the past year and only 7.5% participants had heard of mammography. CONCLUSION The present study points to the insufficient knowledge of female participants about various risk factors and symptoms of breast cancer. Knowledge about Breast Self-Examination, clinical breast examination and mammography was also not satisfactory.
Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, 2021
Introduction: Breast carcinoma is the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide. WHO statistics show 1.2 million new cases every year. Pakistan reports nearly 40,000 lives from Breast Cancer annually. Objective: To evaluate existing awareness levels regarding breast cancer among female educationalists in twin cities and to counsel the participants about diagnostic tools such as mammographic-screening and breast self-examination Methodology: The study design was an interventional community trial and was conducted on female teachers aged 30-60 years. Data was collected by a questionnaire, given before and after the interactive session to evaluate its impacts. SPSS Version 23 was used for data entry analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the quantitative and qualitative variables. McNemar's test was applied for this. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: Total number of participants was 106 women with a median age of 43.3 years (range of age 31-54 years). Before intervening, 67 (63.2%) participants had no knowledge of mammographic-screening and 15 (14.2%) participants didn't know the definitive way of diagnosing it. 2 After intervention, mammogram was selected to be the definitive way of diagnosing breast cancer by 91 (85.8%) participants. 91(85.8%) participants would encourage close family and friends to get screened. 104 (98.1%) of women had become familiar with technique of selfexamination, as compared to 63 (59.4%) before. Conclusion: Misconceptions about risk factors, screening methods and diagnostic procedures were identified and elucidated. This encouraged participants to start performing regular self-exams and get mammograms.
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2020
BACKGROUND Breast cancer ranks as the number one cancer among Indian females. According to estimates, at least 17,97,900 women in India may have breast cancer by 2020. As the incidence of breast cancer is rising, there is a current need to educate the women on preventive measures of breast cancer. METHODS A descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out to compare the awareness on breast cancer and its screening among women residing in rural and urban field practice areas