Korkut Yasemin
Department of Family Medicine, Kutahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Turkey.
J Int Med Res. 2019 Apr;47(4):1660-1666. doi: 10.1177/0300060519830252. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
We aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding breast and cervical cancer and screening methods among women living western Turkey.
A questionnaire survey was administered to women aged ≥21 years. Data were collected using a 12-item questionnaire measuring women's knowledge, attitudes, and practice levels, including among participants who were health workers.
A total 668 women were included in the study. The average age was 37.48 ± 11.85 years. Most women had a primary-level education (43.4%) and most (50.3%) were homemakers; 27.1% of participants were health care workers. The differences in age, education, and occupation among participants were evaluated according to whether participants perform breast self-examination and have undergone Pap testing. The distribution of women according to age group showed that with increased age, the frequency of performing these two behaviors decreased, with women over 55 years old accounting for a significantly higher proportion than other age groups.
In our study, the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding breast and cervical cancers among women was similar to that in previous studies and was higher than expected, especially among women who were health workers. However, all women had inadequate frequency of performing screening tests.
我们旨在评估土耳其西部女性对乳腺癌和宫颈癌以及筛查方法的知识、态度和实践情况。
对年龄≥21岁的女性进行问卷调查。使用一份包含12个条目的问卷收集数据，该问卷用于衡量女性的知识、态度和实践水平，包括卫生工作者参与者。
共有668名女性纳入研究。平均年龄为37.48±11.85岁。大多数女性接受过小学教育（43.4%），大多数（50.3%）是家庭主妇；27.1%的参与者是医护人员。根据参与者是否进行乳房自我检查和是否接受过巴氏试验，对参与者的年龄、教育程度和职业差异进行了评估。按年龄组划分的女性分布情况表明，随着年龄的增长，这两种行为的执行频率降低，55岁以上的女性所占比例明显高于其他年龄组。
在我们的研究中，女性对乳腺癌和宫颈癌的知识和态度水平与以往研究相似，且高于预期，尤其是医护人员中的女性。然而，所有女性进行筛查测试的频率都不足。
