Factors associated with insufficient awareness of breast cancer among women in Northern and Eastern China: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To investigate the awareness and knowledge level of breast cancer among Chinese participants. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTINGS:This study was based on the database of the minister-affiliated hospital key project of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China that included 21 Chinese hospitals between April 2012 and April 2013. PARTICIPANTS:Matched study was designed among 2978 participants with Han ethnicity aged between 25 and 70. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES:Student's t-test, Pearson's χ2 test, reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to know the level of breast cancer knowledge and find the breast cancer awareness-associated factors. RESULTS:80.0% (2383/2978) of the

SUBMITTER: Liu LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855304 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature