Knowledge, attitudes, and barriers regarding health promotion of ovarian cancer among community pharmacists in Jordan.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundOvarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer in women, which is characterized by nonspecific symptoms that delays its diagnosis until advanced stages, thus it has been called the silent killer disease. Since community pharmacists are easily accessible healthcare providers, and because of their roles in health promotion activities and disease prevention services; this study was conducted to better understand their knowledge, attitudes, and challenges toward ovarian cancer health promotion.

Methods

An internet-based self-administrated questionnaire was distributed to community pharmacists in Jordan (n = 194) with a response rate of 53.9% through an online platform.

Results

About 75.2% of the community pharmacists had insufficient knowledge score of ov

SUBMITTER: Alrosan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12320827 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature