Solikhah, Solikhah and Promthet, Supannee and Hurst, Cameron (2019) Awareness Level about Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Barriers, Attitude and Breast Cancer Screening among Indonesian Women. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 20 (3). pp. 877-884. ISSN 2476762X
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Abstract
Background: Globally, breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women and is a leading cause of mortality in Indonesia. Raising awareness of breast cancer is particularly important to help at risk women seek medical treatment for this disease. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the Indonesian women’s level of knowledge about breast cancer risk factors, barriers, attitude and breast cancer screening. Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study administered the breast cancer awareness Indonesian scale (BCAS-I) to 856 Indonesian women. Samples were
selected in rural and urban combinations from three provinces by stratified random sampling. The ordinal logistic model was used to investigate the clustering effect of the participant’s characteristics in this study. Results: Of the
women, 62% lived in rural areas and 38% lived in urban areas. Living in an urban area was significantly associated
with a lower knowledge of the risk factors. However, living in an urban area was significantly associated with better
attitudes and healthier behaviours related to breast cancer awareness. Women with higher education levels had 70%
worse attitudes toward breast cancer awareness. Women living South of Sumatera, women living in Yogyakarta, and
unmarried women were 5.03, 3.84, and 1.56 times as likely to have higher perceived barriers, respectively. Conclusion:
Urban women had a poorer level of knowledge of breast cancer risk factors compared to women living in more rural
areas. The result of this study may reflect inadequate breast cancer awareness campaigns or a lack of breast cancer
awareness campaigns. These findings suggest that additional education programs aiming to increase awareness and
educate the public are needed.
Keywords
Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Indonesian Women
| Item Type: | Artikel Umum |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Dr Solikhah Solikhah |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2019 05:44 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2019 05:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/13843 |
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