Attitudes and Related Factors of Women in Turkey Towards Cancer Screening: Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorOdabaş, Resmiye Kaya
dc.contributor.authorDemir, Rukiye
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T19:30:44Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T19:30:44Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aimed to examine women's attitudes and related factors towards cancer screening in Turkey. Methods: This analytical-cross-sectional study was conducted between June and September 2022. The universe of the study consisted of all women between the ages of 30-70 in Turkey, and the sample included 335 women. The data of the study were collected online with the “Personal Information Form’’ and “Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening”. Results: The average Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening total score of the women participating in the study was 84.36±14.55. Of the women who participated in the study, 33.1% did not perform breast self-examination, 63.1% did not perform clinical breast examination, 49.5% did not perform Pap smear and HPV-DNA testing, 60.9% did not perform mammography, 76.1% did not perform fecal occult blood testing and 93.8% did not perform colonoscopy. It was determined that education status, breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, Pap Smear and HPV-DNA test frequencies, and knowing the places where cancer screening was performed affected the Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening score averages (F = 8.729, p = 0.000). Conclusion: It was determined that the attitudes of the women participating in the study towards cancer screening were moderate. Several factors are done affect attitudes towards cancer screening.
dc.identifier.doi10.30934/kusbed.1471350
dc.identifier.endpage126
dc.identifier.issn2149-8571
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage118
dc.identifier.trdizinid1285186
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.30934/kusbed.1471350
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1285186
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/16239
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofKocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_TRD_20250125
dc.subjectClinical breast examination
dc.subjectbreast self-examination
dc.subjectmammography
dc.subjectfecal occult blood
dc.subjectAttitudes towards cancer screening
dc.subjectpap smear test.
dc.titleAttitudes and Related Factors of Women in Turkey Towards Cancer Screening: Analytical Cross-Sectional Study
dc.typeArticle

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