hrvatski

Stavovi i znanje žena o samopregledu dojke

Background: Breast cancer mortality ranks third in EU countries. In Croatia, in 2020 the incidence was 120.3/100, 000, and the mortality was 32.8/100, 000. A woman can do self-examination method and notice changes in the size of the breast, the appearance of the nipple and the skin. Aim: to examine women's attitudes and knowledge about breast self-examination. Respondents and methods: an anonymous survey was used. The analysis was made with MedCalc® Statistical Software version 20.009 and IBM SPSS ver. 23. The results: 361 respondents participated. Regarding to knowledge, significantly less correct answers were given by respondents from the countryside (Kruskal Wallis Test, P=0.005), with completed elementary school (Kruskal Wallis Test, P=0.006), students (Kruskal Wallis Test, P<0.001) and non-medical professionals (Kruskal Wallis test, P<0.001). With regard to the attitudes, the respondents of the health profession do not agree with the statement that breast cancer affects only the female (Mann Whitney U Test, P<0.001), that self-examination is a method exclusively for women (Mann Whitney U Test, P=0.001), that self-examination is not a reliable method of examination (Mann Whitney U Test, P=0.002), women should not perform self-examination if they go for other diagnostic methods (Mann Whitney U test, P<0.001). With regard to the age group difference, we found that self-examination was not a credible method (the youngest respondents agreed the least) (Kruskal Wallis Test, P<0.001), respondents with higher educational degree agreed significantly less with the statement that self-examination was not a credible method of examination (Kruskal Wallis test, P=0.007), pupils and students agreed significantly less with the statement that selfexamination was not a reliable method of examination (Kruskal Wallis Test, P<0.001). Conclusion: The results of this research showed that the target group for education were female respondents who lived in the countryside, female respondents with lower education, younger age groups and women from non-health professions.

rak dojke, samopregled dojke, stavovi, znanje

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