Gizaw Admasu Belay, Gutema Helina Tadesse, Germossa Gugsa Nemera
Jimma University Institute of Health School of Nursing, Jimma, South West Ethiopia.
Arsi University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Assella, South East Ethiopia.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2021 Nov 24;7:23779608211053493. doi: 10.1177/23779608211053493. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
Community awareness about cancer warning symptoms and risk factors in the general population is essential and can be considered as a basis for cancer control programs. Since Patients are rarely aware of the early warning symptoms and cancer risk factors, the burden of disease is increasing everywhere in the world. Evidences has been shown that cancer is highly prevalent in Ethiopia in which the diagnosis is made at later stages of the disease.
To assess Cancer Warning Symptoms awareness and associated factors among individuals living in Assella Town, Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was employed in Assella town from May 1 to June 1, 2020 among 410 adult residents 18 years old and above. A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select the households from which the study subjects randomly identified. Data were collected through face-to-face interview by using pre-tested structured questionnaire and entered into Epi data version 3.1 then exported to SPSS version 25.0 for analysis. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with outcome variables. Odds ratio and 95% CI at P-values <0.05 was used to determine the presence of association.
The findings of this study revealed that the overall level of awareness of cancer warning symptoms is 214 (52.2% (AOR = 95% CI 47.1, 56.8)). Educational level (AOR = 3.44, 95%CI, 1.50-7.88 (p = 0.003)), awareness of cancer risk factors (AOR = 2.56, 95% CI, 1.67, 3.93, (p < 0.001)) and economic status (AOR = 3.13 (95% CI 1.84, 5.33, p < 0.001)) were identified as factors significantly associated with awareness of cancer warning symptoms among adult populations.
Almost one-out-of-two adults residing in Assella town has awareness about cancer warning symptoms. Educational level, awareness of cancer risk factors, and economic status among Assella town residents were identified as factors associated with good level of awareness about cancer warning symptoms.
普通人群对癌症警示症状和风险因素的认知至关重要，可被视为癌症控制项目的基础。由于患者很少知晓早期警示症状和癌症风险因素，全球各地的疾病负担都在增加。有证据表明，癌症在埃塞俄比亚高度流行，且往往在疾病晚期才得以诊断。
评估埃塞俄比亚阿塞拉镇居民对癌症警示症状的认知及相关因素。
2020年5月1日至6月1日在阿塞拉镇开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究，研究对象为410名18岁及以上的成年居民。采用系统随机抽样技术选择家庭，从中随机确定研究对象。通过使用预先测试的结构化问卷进行面对面访谈收集数据，并录入Epi数据3.1版本，然后导出到SPSS 25.0版本进行分析。采用逻辑回归分析确定与结果变量相关的因素。P值<0.05时的比值比和95%置信区间用于确定关联的存在。
本研究结果显示，对癌症警示症状的总体认知水平为214人（52.2%（调整后比值比=95%置信区间47.1, 56.8））。教育水平（调整后比值比=3.44, 95%置信区间, 1.50 - 7.88（p = 0.003））、对癌症风险因素的认知（调整后比值比=2.56, 95%置信区间, 1.67, 3.93,（p < 0.001））和经济状况（调整后比值比=3.13（95%置信区间1.84, 5.33, p < 0.001））被确定为成年人群中与癌症警示症状认知显著相关的因素。
居住在阿塞拉镇的成年人中，几乎每两人就有一人知晓癌症警示症状。阿塞拉镇居民的教育水平、对癌症风险因素的认知以及经济状况被确定为与对癌症警示症状的良好认知水平相关的因素。
