Munyaradzi Daphne, January James, Maradzika Julita
a Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences , University of Zimbabwe , Harare , Zimbabwe.
Health Care Women Int. 2014;35(7-9):818-27. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2014.920843. Epub 2014 Jul 24.
We explored behavioral factors that contributed to late presentation of breast cancer. A cross-sectional survey of 120 women of child-bearing age was employed, and data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaires addressing predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors associated with breast cancer screening. A total of 53.5% knew what breast cancer screening was; breast self-exam was the most commonly known form of screening, although only 7.5% practiced it. Lack of awareness (p =.004) and the knowledge of someone who previously had breast cancer (p =.0004) were prominent predictors for breast cancer screening, leading to either delay in or early presentation of the condition, respectively.
我们探究了导致乳腺癌延迟就诊的行为因素。我们对120名育龄女性进行了横断面调查，并通过访谈员管理的问卷收集数据，问卷涉及与乳腺癌筛查相关的诱发因素、促成因素和强化因素。共有53.5%的人知道什么是乳腺癌筛查；乳房自我检查是最常见的已知筛查形式，尽管只有7.5%的人进行过乳房自我检查。缺乏认知（p = 0.004）以及认识曾患乳腺癌的人（p = 0.0004）是乳腺癌筛查的显著预测因素，分别导致病情延迟就诊或早期就诊。
