Beta
11443

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice towards Breast Cancer Screening among Female in Abha City,2017

Article

Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices of Saudi women toward breast cancer preventive practices improve the possibility of reducing the percentage of deaths from breast cancer as well as its prevalence. Objectives: Evaluating the knowledge and attitude and practice (KAP) towards breast cancer screening among female in Abha city in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methods: A cross-sectional study was done and   based on a questionnaire sheet conducted in Abha City during the period of September to November 2017 among421 educated Saudi women aged from 20-60 years old. Results: The female's knowledge about the symptoms was restricted to   pain in the breast and presence of lump either in the breast or under the armpit, but most of them underestimated the other signs of breast cancer including changing the position and pulling of the nipple, bleeding or discharge from the nipple, nipple rash and redness of the breast. Also, the most significant identified risk factors for breast cancer were family history (59.1%) followed by using hormonal replacement therapy (30.2%). Most of the subjects has negative attitude toward using mammography for screening while a positive attitude was shown toward seeking for medication. The KAP score was adequate among only 32.5% of the subjects toward breast cancer. Conclusion: The level of knowledge about breast cancer was insufficient among the included subjects and resulted in inappropriate attitude and practice pattern.The majority have never checked for breast cancer or either admitted to clinical examination of breast using  mammography screening  technique .

DOI

10.12816/0043495

Keywords

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, breast cancer, Saudi female, Abha, KSA

Authors

First Name

Reem Ali

Last Name

Almanie

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

King Khalid University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Roaa Fahad

Last Name

Alshabanah

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

King Khalid University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Norah Ibraheem

Last Name

Almanie

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

King Khalid University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Tahani Saeed

Last Name

Almohayya

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

King Khalid University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ebtesam Mohammed

Last Name

Alahmari

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

King Khalid University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman Mohammed

Last Name

Almaher

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Taibah University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

70

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

2142

Issue Date

2018-01-01

Receive Date

2018-08-20

Publish Date

2018-01-01

Page Start

499

Page End

502

Print ISSN

1687-2002

Online ISSN

2090-7125

Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/article_11443.html

Detail API

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=11443

Order

26

Type

Original Article

Type Code

606

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice towards Breast Cancer Screening among Female in Abha City,2017

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023