Awareness of women regarding breast cancer
Aim: to describe the profile and awareness of women assisted by the Family Health Strategy on factors related to breast cancer. Method: this is a descriptive, crosssectional and quantitative study, developed in a municipality in northwest Parana, where 193 women participated randomly. The data were...
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| author | Neide Derenzo Maria Antonia Ramos Costa Willian Augusto de Melo Cassia Kely Favoretto Costa Verônica Francisqueti Marcelo Picinin Bernuci |
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| description | Aim: to describe the profile and awareness of women assisted by the Family Health Strategy on factors related to breast cancer. Method: this is a descriptive, crosssectional and quantitative study, developed in a municipality in northwest Parana, where 193 women participated randomly. The data were collected from August 2014 to October 2015, through an interview and analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, verifying measures of simple proportions and central tendency. Results: women between 50-60 years old, with low schooling, mostly married and white, prevailed. Eighty-one percent of the women denied a family history of cancer, but 52.1% considered it to be a major risk factor and 82.3% used contraceptives. Conclusion: it was observed that the majority apprehended knowledge about the risk factors for the development of breast cancer, respectively in the questions family history, lifestyle and reproductive history. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64ed2dd91852405eb2af719baa1861ed2022-12-22T02:28:25ZporUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaRevista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2179-76922179-76922017-10-017343644710.5902/217976922564113691Awareness of women regarding breast cancerNeide Derenzo0Maria Antonia Ramos Costa1Willian Augusto de Melo2Cassia Kely Favoretto Costa3Verônica Francisqueti4Marcelo Picinin Bernuci5Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Paranavaí, PAUniversidade Estadual do Paraná, Paranavaí, PAUniversidade Estadual do Paraná, Paranavaí, PAUniversidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PAUniversidade Estadual do Paraná, Paranavaí, PACentro Universitário, Maringá, PAAim: to describe the profile and awareness of women assisted by the Family Health Strategy on factors related to breast cancer. Method: this is a descriptive, crosssectional and quantitative study, developed in a municipality in northwest Parana, where 193 women participated randomly. The data were collected from August 2014 to October 2015, through an interview and analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, verifying measures of simple proportions and central tendency. Results: women between 50-60 years old, with low schooling, mostly married and white, prevailed. Eighty-one percent of the women denied a family history of cancer, but 52.1% considered it to be a major risk factor and 82.3% used contraceptives. Conclusion: it was observed that the majority apprehended knowledge about the risk factors for the development of breast cancer, respectively in the questions family history, lifestyle and reproductive history.https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/25641neoplasias da mamasaúde da mulherconhecimentos, atitudes e práticas em saúdeprevenção primária |
| spellingShingle | Neide Derenzo Maria Antonia Ramos Costa Willian Augusto de Melo Cassia Kely Favoretto Costa Verônica Francisqueti Marcelo Picinin Bernuci Awareness of women regarding breast cancer Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria neoplasias da mama saúde da mulher conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas em saúde prevenção primária |
| title | Awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| title_full | Awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| title_fullStr | Awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| title_short | Awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| title_sort | awareness of women regarding breast cancer |
| topic | neoplasias da mama saúde da mulher conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas em saúde prevenção primária |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/25641 |
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