ABSTRACT
Background: Breast cancer (BC) continues to remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women globally. There seem to be an unchanging trend in the causes of death over the past few decades as more and more women report late with BC to the hospital. Unfortunately this includes women who have a family history of the disease.
Objective: To determine the level of knowledge on Breast Cancer, assess attitudes and perceptions regarding early detection practices and reporting of the disease among women with a family history.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of women having a family history of BC and visiting the National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital was done. A structured questionnaire was administered for data collection, STATA 14 software was used to analyse the data. The level of knowledge was described by use of a statistic tertile, while attitudes and perception were described with proportions.
Results: There were a total of 202 respondents. Their ages were from 18 to 75 years, with a median age of 44 years. The study found a moderate-to-high (24% to 75%) level of knowledge on BC among the respondents, while attitudes to early detection practices and perceptions towards early reporting differed greatly among the population. Twenty percent (n=41) had poor attitude towards early detection practices whilst 47% (n=95) of respondents had poor perception
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towards BC reporting. The level of one‘s education was found to be significantly associated with respondents‘ level of knowledge on BC (X2=278.155; P
ASANTE, A (2021). KNOWLEDGE ON EARLY DETECTION PRACTICES OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY, AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/knowledge-on-early-detection-practices-of-breast-cancer-among-women-with-a-family-history-at-the-korle-bu-teaching-hospital
ASANTE, ANTOINETTE "KNOWLEDGE ON EARLY DETECTION PRACTICES OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY, AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL" Afribary. Afribary, 31 Mar. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/knowledge-on-early-detection-practices-of-breast-cancer-among-women-with-a-family-history-at-the-korle-bu-teaching-hospital. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
ASANTE, ANTOINETTE . "KNOWLEDGE ON EARLY DETECTION PRACTICES OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY, AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL". Afribary, Afribary, 31 Mar. 2021. Web. 25 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/knowledge-on-early-detection-practices-of-breast-cancer-among-women-with-a-family-history-at-the-korle-bu-teaching-hospital >.
ASANTE, ANTOINETTE . "KNOWLEDGE ON EARLY DETECTION PRACTICES OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY, AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 25, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/knowledge-on-early-detection-practices-of-breast-cancer-among-women-with-a-family-history-at-the-korle-bu-teaching-hospital