Plunkett Caitríona, Pilkington Melissa, Keenan Joseph
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
J Health Psychol. 2025 Mar;30(3):559-575. doi: 10.1177/13591053241270614. Epub 2024 Aug 12.
A scarcity of research has examined the effect of breast cancer awareness (BCA) interventions among young women (18-50 years). This overlooks important differences that may affect BCA levels such as education preferences within this younger cohort. Younger women are more likely than older women to present with aggressive subtypes of breast cancer if they develop the disease, and at a more advanced stage translating into poorer survival. It is therefore worthy to investigate which interventions have a significantly positive effect on BCA within this cohort. Five studies were deemed eligible for review. Despite differing intervention methods, theoretical applications and awareness targets, positive outcomes were reported across all designs. However, the evidence is weak in investigating the effectiveness of BCA interventions on this cohort and is considered as inconclusive with such a small number of available studies to review, highlighting a need for further research in this area.
鲜有研究探讨乳腺癌意识（BCA）干预措施对年轻女性（18至50岁）的影响。这忽略了可能影响BCA水平的重要差异，比如该年轻群体中的教育偏好。如果年轻女性患上乳腺癌，她们比年长女性更有可能表现为侵袭性亚型，且处于更晚期，这意味着生存率更低。因此，研究哪些干预措施对该群体的BCA有显著积极影响是值得的。五项研究被认为符合综述条件。尽管干预方法、理论应用和意识目标各不相同，但所有设计均报告了积极结果。然而，在调查BCA干预措施对该群体的有效性方面，证据不足，鉴于可供综述的研究数量如此之少，被认为是没有定论的，这凸显了该领域进一步研究的必要性。
