Author Affiliations: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Health Sciences Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun (Dr Aydın); Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Health Sciences Faculty, Kutahya Health Science University (Mrs Karakısla); and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya (Dr Kabukcuoğlu), Turkey.
Cancer Nurs. 2024;47(6):425-435. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001230. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
Understanding the relationship between fear of gynecological cancer and awareness of cancer in women may help oncology nurses increase women's participation in gynecological cancer screening.
To examine the relationship between women's gynecological cancer awareness and cancer fear using social media and the affecting factors.
In a descriptive and cross-sectional study design, online data were collected from 1231 women aged 20 to 69 years through social media using the Descriptive Information Form, the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale (GCAS), and the Cancer Worry Scale (CWS). Analytic tests included paired t tests, analysis of variance, and post hoc correlations and structural equation modeling.
The women's total mean GCAS score was above moderate (152 ± 17), and their mean CWS score was high (19 ± 5). There was no relationship between the GCAS and CWS mean scores. Characteristics of participants with high awareness of gynecological cancer were being young, having a high educational level, having children, living in a province, having a history of cancer or family history of cancer, and having regular gynecological examinations, Papanicolaou smear tests, breast self-examination, and vulva examinations ( P < .05). The fear of cancer was higher in women with children, a family history of cancer, and regular gynecological examination behaviors ( P < .05).
Awareness of gynecological cancer was not significantly statistically associated with fear of cancer. Certain sociodemographic and gynecological characteristics are associated with awareness of gynecological cancer and/or fear of cancer.
Oncology nurses may plan individualized or large-scale educational events that may make use of social media to enhance accurate awareness of gynecological cancer and related examinations in women.
了解女性对妇科癌症的恐惧与癌症意识之间的关系，可能有助于肿瘤护士提高女性参与妇科癌症筛查的意愿。
利用社交媒体调查女性对妇科癌症的认知与癌症恐惧之间的关系，并探讨其影响因素。
采用描述性和横断面研究设计，通过社交媒体，对 1231 名年龄在 20 至 69 岁的女性进行在线数据收集，使用描述性信息表、妇科癌症认知量表（GCAS）和癌症担忧量表（CWS）。分析方法包括配对 t 检验、方差分析、事后相关性和结构方程模型。
女性的 GCAS 总分均值处于中等偏上水平（152 ± 17），CWS 总分均值较高（19 ± 5）。GCAS 和 CWS 的总分均值之间无相关性。妇科癌症认知水平较高的参与者特征为年龄较小、教育程度较高、有子女、居住在省份、有癌症病史或家族癌症病史、以及定期进行妇科检查、巴氏涂片检查、乳房自我检查和外阴检查（P <.05）。有子女、家族癌症病史和定期妇科检查行为的女性癌症恐惧程度更高（P <.05）。
妇科癌症认知与癌症恐惧之间无显著统计学关联。某些社会人口学和妇科特征与妇科癌症认知和/或癌症恐惧相关。
肿瘤护士可以计划个体化或大规模的教育活动，可能利用社交媒体提高女性对妇科癌症及其相关检查的准确认知。
