Breast cancer screening practices among Vietnamese women and factors associated with clinical breast examination uptake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined current breast cancer (BC) screening practices among Vietnamese women and the factors associated with the uptake of clinical breast examination (CBE).

Methods

A total of 508 women aged 30-74 years in Hanoi completed a knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) survey in 2019 including validated measures of breast cancer awareness (Breast-CAM) and health beliefs (Champion's Health Belief Model Scale). Descriptive statistics, χ2, and ANOVA tests were used to analyse KAP responses across groups with different sociodemographic characteristics. A logistic regression model assessed the associations of knowledge, beliefs, and sociodemographic characteristics with CBE uptake.

Results

Only 18% of respondents were aware of BC signs, risk factors, and scree

SUBMITTER: Ngan TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9140272 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature