Determinants Of Mammography Screening Behavior Among Employed Women In South Khorasan, Iran 2016

Breast cancer is the most malignancy among women in the world. Early diagnosis is so important forfacilitating effective treatment, reducing mortality rate and increasing life expectancy.Mammography is an appropriate and effective method of early detection of breast cancer. The aimof this research was to identify factors associated with mammography screening behavior in Birjandfemale employers. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 680 employed female aged 40 yearsand older in 49 different governmental organization of south Khorasan. Eligible women were40years of age and older which had no history of breast cancer. Data were collected using a valid andreliable questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS (version16) using LogisticRegression test at the significant level of α = 0.05. Mean of age, marriage age and the first pregnancyage was 46.24±4.12, 22.68±4.69 and 24.18±5.15 years, respectively.88% had university education,93.8% married and 5.1% history of breast cancer in family. 27.1% women reported having had of leastone mammogram in their lifetime. Logistic regression analysis indicated that women with history ofbreast cancer in family members had most likely mammogram choice (OR: 2.69, P= 0.008). As therate of mammography screening among employed women in South Khorasan is low, it is necessarydesign comprehensive and appropriate educational intervention about breast cancer screeningmethods especially mammography. Also, finding indicated that perceived threat is the mostimportant determinant factor of mammography screening behavior.