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Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviours in a sample of Turkish women: A questionnaire survey
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Higher seriousness of breast cancer, higher benefits of having mammography, having heard/read about Mammography, and having a gynaecologist as a regular physician were significantly associated withHaving mammography.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Nursing Studies.The article was published on 2006-02-01. It has received 217 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Breast cancer screening & Breast self-examination.read more
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The knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among healthcare workers in Kayseri, Turkey.
TL;DR: Healthcare workers need to improve their knowledge of and sensitivity toward BSE and the practice of BSE was significantly associated with older, more educated medical secretaries; a positive personal history of breast problems; and a positive family history of Breast cancer.
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The Effect of Breast Cancer Fatalism on Breast Cancer Awareness Among Turkish Women
TL;DR: It was determined that awareness of breast cancer of the women was affected by breast cancer fatalism, and in providing breast cancer early diagnosis behaviors, it is recommended to evaluate fatalism perceptions and health beliefs of theWomen and to arrange educational programs for this purpose.
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The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Mammography Screening in Iranian Women.
TL;DR: Investigating the effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on mammography screening of women in Fasa city, Fars province, Iran found the experimental group showed significant increase in knowledge, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and attitude compared to the control group.
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Compliance with screening recommendations according to breast cancer risk levels in Izmir, Turkey.
Ayla Açıkgöz,Gül Ergör +1 more
TL;DR: Being in 60-69 age group, having low education and not being in menopause were significant risk factors for not having mammography according to logistic regression analysis and Mammography utilization rate was low.
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A review of barriers and facilitators to mammography in Asian women
TL;DR: Various barriers to mammography in Asian women, including knowledge, sociodemographic factors, cost and insurance, cultural factors, belief, attitude and feeling, fear, pain and embarrassment, self-efficacy, religious, psychological factors, and time constraint were revealed.
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The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique, & Utilization
Nancy,Burns,Suan K .Grove +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the state of the art in qualitative and quantitative research in the field of nursing, focusing on the following: 1) Introduction to Quantitative Research.
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Why People Use Health Services
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Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography.
Ole Olsen,Peter C Gøtzsche +1 more
TL;DR: A Cochrane review has confirmed and strengthened previous findings that there is no reliable evidence that screening for breast cancer reduces mortality and shows that breast-cancer mortality is a misleading outcome measure.
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Estimates of the world-wide prevalence of cancer for 25 sites in the adult population.
TL;DR: World‐wide estimates of 1‐, 2–3‐ and 4–5‐year point prevalence in 1990 in the population aged 15 years or over are reported and the number of cancer cases diagnosed between 1986 and 1990 who were still alive at the end of 1990 is described.
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Revised susceptibility, benefits, and barriers scale for mammography screening.
TL;DR: The purpose of this research was to revise scales measuring perceived susceptibility to breast cancer and perceived benefits and barriers to mammography utilization and these scales represent an improvement in those previously reported.