Feizi Awat, Kazemnejad Anoshirvan, Hosseini Mohsen, Parsa-Yekta Zohreh, Jamali Jamshid
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Dec;29(6):656-9. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i6.9904.
The present study was aimed at investigating the awareness level about warning signs of cancer and its determinants in an Iranian general population. This cross-sectional interview-based survey investigated 2,500 people aged 18 years and over, as a representative sample of Tehran population. Latent class regression was applied for analyzing data. A small (18.8%) proportion of the respondents had high level of knowledge, and 54.5% had moderate awareness, and 26.7% had low level of awareness. Most effective predictors for awareness were educational attainment, sex, and marital status. The findings suggest that the overall level of knowledge about warning signs of cancer among the public is low, particularly about some specific signs. Accordingly, educational and intervention programmes, with special attention placed on particular at-risk populations, to increase awareness about the disease leading to its early diagnosis are needed.
本研究旨在调查伊朗普通人群对癌症警示信号的知晓程度及其决定因素。这项基于访谈的横断面调查研究了2500名18岁及以上的人群,作为德黑兰人口的代表性样本。采用潜在类别回归分析数据。一小部分(18.8%)受访者具有较高的知识水平,54.5%的人有中等程度的认知,26.7%的人认知水平较低。认知的最有效预测因素是教育程度、性别和婚姻状况。研究结果表明,公众对癌症警示信号的总体知晓水平较低,尤其是对一些特定信号。因此,需要开展教育和干预项目,特别关注特定的高危人群,以提高对该疾病的认知,从而实现早期诊断。