Awareness of breast cancer among university female students in Baghdad
المؤلفون المشاركون
Ahmad, Abrar ِ ِِA. R.
Thabit, Manal F.
المصدر
al-Kindy College Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 15، العدد 1 (30 يونيو/حزيران 2019)، ص ص. 6-14، 9ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2019-06-30
دولة النشر
العراق
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background: Breast cancer still a major cause of disability and mortality among women throughout the world.
Lack of awareness and early detection programs in developing countries is a main reason for escalating the mortality.
Objectives: to assess level of awareness about breast cancer among university female students in Baghdad focusing on knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, warning symptoms and signs and knowledge about the screening method specially breast self-examination.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted over two months from first of march through April 2015 and included (240) female students in nonmedical colleges at Al-Rusafa and Al-Karkh districts who completed a comprehensive self-structured questionnaire covering socio-demographic characteristics and (27) questions covering the k n o w l e d g e o f risk factors; warning symptoms and signs o f breast cacer and the breast self- examination.
Participants’ responses were analyzed statistically and percent score of knowledge level was calculated.
Results: The mean age of students was (22.8 ± 3.4) years with range (19-30) years, single (75.8%), and those with no family history of breast cancer (85.42%); the internet was the most common source of students’ information (34.7%).
Conclusion: The overall percent score of all students’ knowledge about risk factors, warning symptoms and signs and breast self-examination was poor (<60%).
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Ahmad, Abrar ِ ِِA. R.& Thabit, Manal F.. 2019. Awareness of breast cancer among university female students in Baghdad. al-Kindy College Medical Journal،Vol. 15, no. 1, pp.6-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893557
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Ahmad, Abrar ِ ِِA. R.& Thabit, Manal F.. Awareness of breast cancer among university female students in Baghdad. al-Kindy College Medical Journal Vol. 15, no. 1 (2019), pp.6-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893557
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Ahmad, Abrar ِ ِِA. R.& Thabit, Manal F.. Awareness of breast cancer among university female students in Baghdad. al-Kindy College Medical Journal. 2019. Vol. 15, no. 1, pp.6-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893557
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 13-14
رقم السجل
BIM-893557
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر