Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Among Women Visiting Pathology Laboratories in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria
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2022-12
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Lead City University
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Breast cancer is a common disease in women and also an issue of public health concern. Early detection of breast cancer in women increases post-diagnosis survival rates and lowers breast cancer morbidity and mortality as the stage at the time of diagnosis is one of the primary contributing factors to its prognosis. A facility-based, cross-sectional study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and barriers to breast cancer screening among women visiting pathology laboratories in Ibadan North LGA. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 176 women visiting pathology laboratories for this study. A cluster sampling procedure involving multistage sampling was used to recruit the participants. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to elicit information on socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude, screening practices and barriers to breast cancer screening. Data was analyzed using SPSS (Version 23.0). The result of the study showed that the study participants (72%) had good knowledge on breast cancer. More than half of the participants (57%) had negative attitude towards screening, only 24 (14%) had good breast cancer screening practices and the Chi square test showed that “it is unacceptable to touch my breast (p = 0.2), feeling shy to uncover my breast (p =0.5), it is embarrassing to tell people about (p = 0.4), feeling worried about what the doctor may find (39%) and stigma following cancer diagnosis (38%)” are the barriers associated with breast cancer screening. The study participants have good knowledge, negative attitude and fair breast cancer screening practices. There is need for policy guidelines that will enhance adequate training of Nigerian women on the cost and benefits of early detection of breast cancer through screening, this will address the barriers associated with screening, thereby improving attitude and practice and reduce the overall morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: Breast Cancer, Pathology Laboratories, Barriers
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Kate Turabian