Women's awareness of breast cancer symptoms: a national cross-sectional study from Palestine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early diagnosis is crucial to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer (BC). Awareness of BC symptoms plays a key role in this. This study aimed to evaluate the Palestinian women's awareness of BC symptoms and determine factors associated with good awareness.

Methods

This was a national cross-sectional study conducted from July 2019 to March 2020 in Palestine. Convenience sampling was used to recruit adult women from hospitals, primary healthcare centers, and public spaces located in 11 governorates. A translated-into-Arabic version of the validated BC awareness measure was utilized for data collection. The awareness level was categorized based on the number of symptoms recognized into: poor (0 to 4), fair (5 to 9), and good (10 to 13).

SUBMITTER: Elshami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature