Hasan Tiba Nezar, Shah Shamsul Azhar, Hassan Mohd Rohaizat, Safian Nazarudin, Azhar Zahir Izuan, Syed Abdul Rahim Syed Sharizman, Ghazi Hasanain Faisal
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail :
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(15):6669-72. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.15.6669.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among females worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice about breast cancer and its related factors among women in Baghdad city, Iraq.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 508 women aged 18 to 55 years from four non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Baghdad city, Iraq. A self-administered questionnaire on breast cancer knowledge and practice was distributed to participants during weekly activity of the NGO.
A total of 61.2% of the respondents had poor knowledge, only 30.3% performed breast self-examination (BSE) and 41.8% said that they did not know the technique to perform BSE. Associations between knowledge and marital status and age were significant. For practice, working status, education, age and family income were significant. After controlling for cofounders, the most important contributing factors for poor knowledge among respondents were marital status and not performing BSE, with adjusted odds ratio of 1.6 and 1.8 respectively.
Breast cancer knowledge and practice of BSE are poor among women in Baghdad city, Iraq. More promotion regarding breast cancer signs and symptoms and also how to perform BSE should be conducted using media such as television and internet as these constituted the main sources of information for most women in our study.
乳腺癌是全球女性中最常见的癌症之一。本研究的目的是评估伊拉克巴格达市女性对乳腺癌及其相关因素的认知和实践情况。
对伊拉克巴格达市四个非政府组织中508名年龄在18至55岁之间的女性进行了一项横断面研究。在非政府组织的每周活动期间，向参与者发放了一份关于乳腺癌知识和实践的自填式问卷。
共有61.2%的受访者知识水平较差，只有30.3%的人进行乳房自我检查（BSE），41.8%的人表示不知道进行BSE的方法。知识与婚姻状况和年龄之间存在显著关联。在实践方面，工作状态、教育程度、年龄和家庭收入有显著影响。在控制了混杂因素后，受访者知识水平较差的最重要影响因素是婚姻状况和未进行BSE，调整后的优势比分别为1.6和1.8。
伊拉克巴格达市女性对乳腺癌的知识和BSE实践情况较差。应利用电视和互联网等媒体，加强对乳腺癌体征和症状以及如何进行BSE的宣传，因为在我们的研究中，这些是大多数女性的主要信息来源。
