Lemal Marijke, Van den Bulck Jan
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Prev Med. 2009 Feb;48(2):189-92. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.11.011. Epub 2008 Dec 6.
This study assessed the relationship between exposure to breast cancer content in television news programs and fear of breast cancer.
A quantitative standardized Health and Media Interview Survey was administered to a random sample of 500 Flemish women aged 18-85 years in 2007. The survey contained closed measures on demographics, breast cancer fear, television exposure and potential confounding variables such as trait anxiety, perceived risk and experience with breast cancer.
80.6% of the women were moderately to very afraid of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Multinomial logistic regression results showed that women who had occasionally been exposed to breast cancer content in television news were 1.9 times more likely to be very afraid of breast cancer (95% CI 1.1-3.4). Women who had frequently been exposed were 3.3 times more likely to be moderately afraid (95% CI 1.1-10), and 7.5 times more likely to be very afraid of breast cancer (95% CI 2.4-23.8).
These results suggest a relationship between exposure to breast cancer coverage in television news programs and fear of breast cancer.
本研究评估了电视新闻节目中乳腺癌相关内容的曝光与对乳腺癌的恐惧之间的关系。
2007年，对500名年龄在18 - 85岁之间的弗拉芒女性进行了随机抽样，并实施了一项定量标准化的健康与媒体访谈调查。该调查包含了关于人口统计学、对乳腺癌的恐惧、电视曝光以及潜在混杂变量（如特质焦虑、感知风险和乳腺癌经历）的封闭式测量。
80.6%的女性对被诊断出患有乳腺癌存在中度至极度恐惧。多项逻辑回归结果显示，偶尔在电视新闻中接触到乳腺癌相关内容的女性，对乳腺癌极度恐惧的可能性是其他人的1.9倍（95%置信区间为1.1 - 3.4）。经常接触相关内容的女性，中度恐惧的可能性是其他人的3.3倍（95%置信区间为1.1 - 10），极度恐惧的可能性是其他人的7.5倍（95%置信区间为2.4 - 23.8）。
这些结果表明电视新闻节目中乳腺癌报道的曝光与对乳腺癌的恐惧之间存在关联。
