Gadiraju Padmaja, Dehury Ranjit Kumar, Singh Punam, Vanlalhruaii C, Dehury Parthsarathi, Devaraju Kadari, Behera Sangita
Centre for Health Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Nov 26;11:371. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_453_22. eCollection 2022.
The behavioral aspects of human beings influence the incidences of cancer cases directly and indirectly. The factors like positive thinking and motivation were found to change the behavior toward knowledge and awareness of cancer. The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge and awareness of select Indians about reproductive cancer.
The online survey method assessed various components of knowledge and awareness about reproductive cancer. A Google Form has been distributed through social media platforms such as e-mail, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The coded data has been computed in SPSS (version 25) by IBM (USA) for the analysis. Univariate and bivariate data analysis has been drawn to justify the objective.
Nearly 68 percent of the respondents were aware of reproductive cancer. Among them, 17 percent know about cervical cancer, and 12.5 percent have awareness about breast cancer. Electronic and print media (41.2 percent) were major sources of information about reproductive cancer. Nearly 48 percent of respondents reported that multiple sexual partners and poor sexual hygiene were risk factors for reproductive cancer. Around 57 percent of respondents reported reproductive cancer is preventable, 59 percent knew about cancer screening, and 63.5 percent knew the treatment process. The gender of the respondents was associated (p-value = 0.002) with awareness of reproductive cancer. It has been found that there is a significant association between knowledge of screening tests and the treatment process of reproductive cancer. The marital status of respondents is strongly associated (p-value = 0.000) with the awareness of reproductive cancer.
The factors like knowledge of reproductive cancer and awareness proceed as an important role in cancer prevention. A gender-neutral cancer awareness program is needed to increase cancer awareness irrespective of marital status.
人类的行为方面直接或间接地影响癌症病例的发生率。人们发现积极思考和动力等因素会改变对癌症知识和认识的行为。本研究的主要目的是评估部分印度人对生殖系统癌症的知识和认识。
采用在线调查方法评估生殖系统癌症知识和认识的各个组成部分。通过电子邮件、照片墙、脸书和WhatsApp等社交媒体平台分发了谷歌表单。美国国际商用机器公司（IBM）的社会科学统计软件包（SPSS，版本25）对编码数据进行计算以进行分析。采用单变量和双变量数据分析来证明研究目的。
近68%的受访者知晓生殖系统癌症。其中，17%了解宫颈癌，12.5%知晓乳腺癌。电子和印刷媒体（41.2%）是生殖系统癌症信息的主要来源。近48%的受访者报告称多个性伴侣和不良性卫生习惯是生殖系统癌症的风险因素。约57%的受访者报告生殖系统癌症是可预防的，59%知道癌症筛查，63.5%了解治疗过程。受访者的性别与生殖系统癌症的知晓情况相关（p值=0.002）。研究发现，生殖系统癌症筛查测试知识与治疗过程之间存在显著关联。受访者的婚姻状况与生殖系统癌症的知晓情况密切相关（p值=0.000）。
生殖系统癌症知识和认识等因素在癌症预防中发挥着重要作用。需要一个不分性别的癌症意识项目来提高癌症意识，而不论婚姻状况如何。
