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Gynecological Cancer Awareness Among Women

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and determine the gynecological cancer awareness among women aged 20 and over and make recommendations according to the current situation.

Method

The study is a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. The population of the study was composed of a total of 60.290 women aged over 20 years living in the city center of Gumushane according to TURKSTAT data for 2017. The sample consisted of a total of 382 women determined at 95% confidence interval. Personal information form and Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale were used to collect the data.

Results

The mean age of the women was 39.07 ± 17.84. 48.6% of the participants had knowledge about gynecological cancers, and only 16.2% reached this information from healthcare personnel. It was determined that the women who were working, had an employed husband, had a high level of education, had a husband with high level of education, had no chronic disease, and had knowledge about gynecologic cancers were higher than the others. The awareness of the participants about gynecological cancer decreased as their ages, body mass index, the number of pregnancy and birth increased. The gynecological cancer awareness of the women increased with the increase in marriage age, the age of first sexual intercourse, and the age of first pregnancy.

Conclusion

Early diagnosis of gynecological cancers with effective and common screening programs is very important in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. It is recommended to maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors, avoid risky behaviors, screen risky groups and ensure women’s awareness for primary prevention.

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  1. Department of Midwifery Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Selimiye mah. Tıbbiye Cad., İstanbul, Turkey

    Handan Özcan

  2. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gümüşhane University, Bağlarbaşı Mahallesi, 29100, Gümüşhane, Turkey

    Melike Demir Doğan

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Özcan, H., Demir Doğan, M. Gynecological Cancer Awareness Among Women. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 19, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-020-00481-w

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