Awareness of Breast Cancer and Its Section Screening among Indonesian Women

Solikhah, . and Sangruangake, Monthida and Promthet, Supannee (2018) Awareness of Breast Cancer and Its Section Screening among Indonesian Women. Other thesis, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.

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Abstract

Introduction: Breast cancer has a high morbidity and mortality
rate worldwide. However, most developing countries with
resource constrained setting, like Indonesia, encounter several
difficulties to implement mass screening for breast cancer.
Aim: To investigate knowledge, barriers, and behaviours of
women regarding breast cancer screening among rural and
urban Indonesian women.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted among 864 Indonesian women aged ≥18 years. A
self-administered questionnaire using a validated instrument
was administered from March to May 2016. The ordered logistic
regression model analysis was performed to further evaluate
five domains of awareness regarding breast cancer screening
and its determinants. A p-value under 0.05 was considered
significant.
Results: Overall, 864 women participated in this study (response
rate of 98.28%). The mean age of women was 30.01±11.01
years. Ordinal logistics regression analysis showed that urban
women demonstrated better knowledge of risk factors for breast
cancer, while they had poorer behaviours for the breast cancer
screening method. A higher level of education (relative to no
formal education) was associated with better behaviours for the
breast cancer screening method, whereas being married and
women living in East Nusa Tenggara were significantly related
to barriers for breast cancer screening.
Conclusion: Urban Indonesian women had poor breast cancer
screening practice, whereas they were highly educated.
Participant’s characteristics like marital status and locality
were found as barriers to breast cancer screening. It is likely
to provide valuable insight among women in general for breast
cancer screening behaviours, which in turn, will improve targeted
breast health promotion

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User:	Dr Solikhah Solikhah
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2019 04:09
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2019 04:09
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/13656

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