Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors among Palestinian women: a national cross-sectional study.
Background: High awareness of cervical cancer (CC) risk factors is important to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with CC. This study aimed to assess the knowledge level of Palestinian women about CC risk factors and to determine the factors associated with good knowledge.Methods: This...
| Publicado en: | BMC Women's Health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15 |
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BioMed Central
11/2/2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153368472&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153368472 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14726874 1CIP jtl: BMC Women's Health issn: 14726874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 11/2/2021 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 153368472 153368472 NLM34727914 153368472 10.1186/s12905-021-01510-2 NLM34727914 153368472 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors among Palestinian women: a national cross-sectional study. aug: au: Elshami, Mohamedraed Thalji, Mariam Abukmail, Hanan Al-Slaibi, Ibrahim Alser, Mohammed Radaydeh, Afnan Alfuqaha, Alaa Khader, Salma Khatib, Lana Fannoun, Nour Ahmad, Bisan Kassab, Lina Khrishi, Hiba Elhussaini, Deniz Abed, Nour Nammari, Aya Abdallah, Tumodir Alqudwa, Zaina Idais, Shahd Tanbouz, Ghaid affil: Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, 02115, Boston, MA, USA sug: subj: Cervix Neoplasms Female Cross Sectional Studies Arabs Adult Attitude to Health Risk Factors Child Clinical Assessment Tools Human Adult: 19-44 years Child: 6-12 years Female ab: Background: High awareness of cervical cancer (CC) risk factors is important to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with CC. This study aimed to assess the knowledge level of Palestinian women about CC risk factors and to determine the factors associated with good knowledge.Methods: This was a national cross-sectional study. Adult women from hospitals, primary healthcare centers, and public spaces of 11 governorates in Palestine were recruited using a stratified convenience sampling. A translated-into-Arabic version of the validated CC awareness measure (CeCAM) was used to assess the knowledge about the 11 CC risk factors. For each correctly identified risk factor, the participant was given one point. The total score was calculated and was categorized into three categories: poor knowledge (0-3), fair knowledge (4-7), and good knowledge (8-11).Results: A total of 7223 participants completed the Arabic CeCAM (response rate = 89.3%) and 7058 questionnaires were included in the final analysis: 2655 from the Gaza Strip and 4403 from the West Bank and Jerusalem. Participants recruited from the Gaza Strip were younger, getting lower monthly incomes, and with less chronic diseases than participants recruited from the West Bank and Jerusalem. The most frequently identified risk factor was 'having a weakened immune system' (n = 5458, 77.3%) followed by 'infection with a sexually transmitted infection' (n = 5388, 76.3%). The least identified risk factor was 'having many children' (n = 1597, 22.6%). Only 1670 women (23.7%) had good knowledge of CC risk factors. Women living in the Gaza Strip were more likely than women living in the West Bank and Jerusalem to have good knowledge (25.2% vs 22.7%). Completing a secondary or diploma degree, being employed, and having a monthly income of ≥ 1450 NIS (around $450) were all associated with lower likelihood of having good knowledge of CC risk factors. Conversely, knowing someone with cancer was associated with higher likelihood of having good knowledge.Conclusion: The overall awareness of CC risk factors was low. There is a substantial need to establish educational programs to promote Palestinian women's awareness of CC. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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