Knowledge, attitudes and practice of breast cancer screening among female health workers in a Nigerian urban city
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of breast cancer screening among female health workers in a Nigerian urban city
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10.1186/1471-2407-9-203
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发表时间：
2009-06-25
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3.8
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Omuemu, Vivian O.
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Akhigbe, Adenike O.;Omuemu, Vivian O.
背景资料：尼日利亚女性乳腺癌的特征是晚期发病，据报道，这一人群的发病较早。本研究的目的是评估女性卫生工作者的危险因素和筛查方法的早期发现breastcancer.Methods的认识：一个横断面描述性研究进行了女性卫生工作者在两个主要的政府卫生机构在贝宁市，埃多州首府在尼日利亚。结果：505名女性医务人员中有393人完成问卷调查，回收率为77.8%。102人（26%）为医生，254人（64.6%）为护士，37人（9.4%）为放射技师、实验室科学家和药剂师。很高比例的受访者对乳腺癌的危险因素知之甚少（55%）。乳腺X线摄影作为诊断方法的知晓率非常高（80.7%），但对乳腺X线摄影作为筛查方法的了解极低，40岁以上符合常规年度筛查资格的人群中，只有3.1%的人进行了乳腺X线摄影。相对较低的知识（45.5%）关于乳房自我检查（BSE）作为一种筛查方法被发现。结论：这些女性卫生工作者谁被期望作为榜样，教育公众有乳腺癌的危险因素和乳腺癌筛查的实践知识贫乏。迫切需要为卫生工作者定期提供关于乳腺癌教育的最新课程，包括筛查方法。
Background: Late presentation has been observed as the hallmark of breast cancer in Nigerian women and an earlier onset has been reported in this population. This study was designed to assess the awareness of female health workers about risk factors and screening methods for early detection of breast cancer.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among female health workers in the two major government health institutions in Benin City, Edo State capital in Nigeria. Data analysis was by SPSS version 10 and test of significance was done with differences considered significant at p < 0.05.Results: Three hundred and ninety-three (393) female health workers out of five hundred and five eligible subjects completed and returned the questionnaires, giving a response rate of 77.8%. One hundred and two (26%) were Doctors, two hundred and fifty-four (64.6%) Nurses, and thirty-seven (9.4%) were Radiographers, Laboratory Scientists and Pharmacists. A high proportion of our respondents had very poor knowledge about risk factors for breast cancer (55%). The awareness of mammography as a diagnostic method was very high (80.7%), but an extremely low knowledge of mammography as a screening method was found. Mammography practice of only 3.1% was found among those above 40 years of age who qualify for routine annual screening. Relatively low knowledge (45.5%) about Breast Self Examination (BSE) as a screening method was found.Conclusion: These female health workers who are expected to act as role models and educate the public had poor knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer and practice of breast cancer screening. There is very urgent need for regular update courses for health workers concerning breast cancer education including screening methods.