Breast Cancer: Knowledge, Attitudes on Risk Factors and Means of Screening by Medical Students from Lomé, Togo

• 作者: Abdoulatif Amadou Bidamin N’Timon Didier Koumavi Ekouévi Essossinam L. Tcharié Fifonsi A. Gbeasor-Komlanvi Gado Napo-Koura Luc Valère C. Brun Mazamaesso Tchaou Panakinao Simgban Tchin Darre Toukilnan Djiwa
• 来源期刊: 乳腺癌(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Breast Cancer SCREENING KNOWLEDGE Medical Students TOGO
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（4）
• 页码范围: 127-137
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

<strong>Background:</strong> <span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women around the world. The objective of this study was to assess knowledge and attitudes about breast cancer screening among students in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lomé. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was a prospective descriptive transversal study conducted among students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FSS) of the University of Lomé (UL) in the 2019 school year account 2020. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of medical students about breast cancer screening. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> In total, the questionnaire was completed by 934 students, for a response rate of 57.1</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">%. The most frequently mentioned risk factors were the presence of a family history of breast cancer (n = 799, 85.55%) and the use of oral or injectable contraceptives (n = 606, 64.88%). There is a statistically significant link between the participants’ knowledge of the self-examination and clinical examination of the breasts and certain socio-demographic characteristics, namely age (OR = 0.2, 95% CI [0.11</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.75], p-value < </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.0001</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">), the level of study (OR = 1.5, 95% CI [0.55</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2.46], p-value = 0.0054), the follow-up of a course on breast cancer (OR = 2.63, 95% CI [0.32</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana