Women's awareness of ovarian cancer risk factors and symptoms in Western Iran in 2020-2021.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate awareness of women living in the western region of Iran about warning signs and risk factors for ovarian cancer.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted in Sanandaj and Kermanshah, Iran, 2020 and 2021. In this study, 1081 w...
| Publicado en: | BMC Women's Health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9 |
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BioMed Central
5/25/2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=157067643&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 157067643 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14726874 1CIP jtl: BMC Women's Health issn: 14726874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 5/25/2022 vid: 22 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 157067643 157067643 NLM35614471 10.1186/s12905-022-01779-x NLM35614471 157067643 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Women's awareness of ovarian cancer risk factors and symptoms in Western Iran in 2020-2021. aug: au: Maryam, Babaei Fatemeh, Salmani Nourossadat, Kariman Saeideh, Nasiri Giti, Ozgoli affil: Student Research Committee, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran sug: subj: Attitude to Health Ovarian Neoplasms Diagnosis Ovarian Neoplasms Epidemiology Female Cross Sectional Studies Iran Risk Factors Female ab: Objectives: This study aimed to investigate awareness of women living in the western region of Iran about warning signs and risk factors for ovarian cancer.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted in Sanandaj and Kermanshah, Iran, 2020 and 2021. In this study, 1081 women aged 18-70 years were selected as the sample to fill out the electronic version of the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Measure (OCAM) to identify the significant variables of ovarian cancer warning signs and risk factors. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by descriptive statistics and ordinal logistic regression in SPSS 19.Results: In this study, 60.9% of the participants had medium awareness of the subject. The results indicated that participants with higher educational attainment (P < 0.05) and those with a history of cancer (P < 0.001) showed higher knowledge of cancer. The lowest level of awareness of symptoms was associated with acute symptoms such as dysphagia (swallowing problems) most days, persistent bloating, a sense of abdominal fullness or heaviness, and frequent urination. Moreover, the lowest awareness of risk factors was related to the history of IVF treatments and the application of talcum powder to the genital area.Conclusion: The study findings showed that women living in the western region of Iran have moderate awareness of ovarian cancer and insufficient knowledge of cancer warning signs; this suggests that it is necessary to train Iranian women to raise awareness of the signs and risk factors for ovarian cancer. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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