Health beliefs of women attending mammography unit and related factors

Aim: This descriptive study was done to evaluate the perceptions of health beliefs and related factors of women attending a mammography unit for mammograms. Materials and Methods: It was carried out with 181 women admitted to a mammography unit of a university hospital. Data were measured using a q...

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Principais autores: Şerife Kurşun, Kamile Altuntuğ, Emel Ege, Hüseyin Özbi̇ner, Ganime Dilek Demli̇k
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Rabia Yılmaz 2020-11-01
coleção:Journal of Contemporary Medicine
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Acesso em linha:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jcm/issue/57927/771721?publisher=rabia-yilmaz
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Resumo:Aim: This descriptive study was done to evaluate the perceptions of health beliefs and related factors of women attending a mammography unit for mammograms. Materials and Methods: It was carried out with 181 women admitted to a mammography unit of a university hospital. Data were measured using a questionnaire form. Results: Statistically significant differences were found between women's education (health motivation, Breast Self-Examination (BSE) benefits and barriers), BSE performance status (health motivation, BSE barriers and self-efficacy, mammography benefits and barriers) and family history of breast cancer (sensitivity, health motivation, BSE benefits) (p
ISSN:2667-7180