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- The study explores how fear of breast cancer and risk factors influence early diagnosis behaviors among women aged 20 and older.
- Findings show low rates of breast self-examinations (17.3%), clinical breast exams (14.0%), and mammography (9.3%) among participants, with distinct predictors for these behaviors based on different age groups.
- The research highlights the importance of considering age-related factors in healthcare practices, particularly for nurses, to improve women's diagnostic behaviors for breast cancer.
Article Abstract
Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between fear of breast cancer, risk factors, and early diagnosis behavior of women aged 20 or above.
Method: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study.
Findings: It was found that 17.3% of the women conducted breast self-examination, 14.0% underwent clinical breast examination, and that 9.3% of them underwent mammography. The predictors regularly affecting early diagnosis behaviors were identified through logistic regression. Different predictors for breast cancer diagnostic behaviors were found in each age group.
Practice Implications: This study is important in terms of taking into account the age factor in the practices aiming to increase the diagnostic behavior of healthcare personnel, especially nurses.
Conclusion: It was concluded that there were different predictors of breast cancer diagnostic behaviors in both age groups of the women in the study.
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