Cancer fatalism and its demographic correlates among African American and Hispanic women: Effects on adherence to cancer screening
Cancer fatalism and its demographic correlates among African American and Hispanic women: Effects on adherence to cancer screening
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DOI：
10.1300/j077v22n04_03
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Jandorf, L
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作者：
Dettenborn, L;DuHamel, K;Jandorf, L
这篇文章的重点是癌症宿命论作为一个障碍，定期癌症筛查非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔妇女。该研究的目的是确定与癌症宿命论相关的变量，并调查癌症宿命论及其与妇科癌症筛查依从性的关系。研究参与者（83名非洲裔美国妇女和98名18岁以上的西班牙裔妇女）评估了社会人口学变量，家庭健康史，目前的医疗服务和护理，医生的建议，癌症宿命论和坚持癌症筛查。多变量分析表明，教育是与癌症宿命论相关的唯一变量。对癌症的宿命论信念与坚持妇科癌症筛查无关，但医生的建议是。这些数据表明，患者与医生的沟通对癌症筛查至关重要。
This article focuses on cancer fatalism as a barrier to regular cancer screening among African American and Hispanic women. The purpose of the study was to identify variables associated with cancer fatalism and to investigate the relationship of cancer fatalism and its correlates with adherence to screening for gynecological cancer. Study participants (83 African American women and 98 Hispanic women above the age of 18) were assessed on sociodemographic variables, family health history, current medical access and care, physicians' recommendations, cancer fatalism, and adherence to cancer screening. Multivariate analyses indicated that education was the only variable associated with cancer fatalism. Fatalistic beliefs toward cancer were not associated with adherence to gynecological cancer screening, but a physician's recommendation was. These data indicate that patient-physician communication is Crucially important to cancer screening.