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Health Belief Model among Patients with Thyroid Carcinoma

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Abstract

 Background: Thyroid Carcinoma (TC) is the most common endocrine carcinoma accounts for
90% of all endocrine malignancies, awareness of health belief can help patients with TC to prevent
most of complication. Aim of this study: Was to assess health belief model among patients' with
thyroid carcinoma. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting:
The study was conducted at Damanhour Oncology Center in El-Beheira Governorate. Sample: A
convenient sample included 120 patients. Tools: Two tools were used in this study. Tool I): An
interview questionnaire to assess; A) Socio-demographic characteristics. B) Patients' knowledge
regarding thyroid carcinoma. C) Reported practices regarding thyroid carcinoma. Tool II): Health
belief scale of studied patients regarding thyroid carcinoma. Results: 38.3% of studied patients aged
from 40 to less than 50 years old with mean ± SD 43.00±8.98, while 55% of them were female and
35.8% of them had secondary education. In addition, 47.5% of studied patients had total poor
knowledge regarding thyroid carcinoma. As regard patients' practices, 54.2% of studied patients had
satisfactory total practices regarding thyroid carcinoma. 45.8% of them had unsatisfactory total
practices, while 19.2% of studied patients had high total health belief, and 35% of them had low total
health belief regarding thyroid carcinoma. Conclusion: There were highly statistically significant
relation between studied patients' total practices level and their total health belief regarding thyroid
carcinoma. Recommendations: Health educational program should be developed and implemented
for patients with thyroid carcinoma to enhance their health belief. 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.279979

Keywords

health belief model, Thyroid carcinoma

Authors

First Name

Rania

Last Name

Fouad Mohamed Zamel

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Affiliation

Nursing supervisor at Fowa Central Hospital in Kafr El-Sheikh

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First Name

Ebtisam

Last Name

Mohamed Abd-Elaal

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Affiliation

Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

Said Sabry

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Affiliation

Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

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First Name

Wafaa

Last Name

Atta Mohamed

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Affiliation

Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

38115

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2022-12-01

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

954

Page End

965

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 1_Pages 954-965.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Health Belief Model among Patients with Thyroid Carcinoma

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23 Jan 2023