Women knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards breast cancer prevention: a questionnaire study in talegani hospital in Tabriz, 2015

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the significant causes of malignancy and mortality in women. Breast cancer is more common in developed countries. Existing methods such as mammography screening and breast selfexamination( BSE) provides the possibility of early detection and can reduce mortality up to 25% . Since the prognosis in advanced stages of this disease is very bad, the aim of this study is evaluation of the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards breast cancer prevention in women intalegani hospital in Tabriz,2015. Methods and Materials This survey was a descriptive-cross sectional study. A custom-designed questionnaire in persian on knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards breast cancer prevention was prepared and administered to a random sample of 75 women in 2015 in talegani hospital in tabriz.Results and discussion In the collected questionnaire data, all women were aware about the existence of breast cancers. Out of all, (25%), (38%) and (30%) respondents were with poor, average and good knowledge and awareness about breast cancer respectively. Practice of students about breast selfexam and clinical breast exam was poor (85.1%). Conclusion We are estimating poor knowledge about breast cancer in society. Therefore Proper educational courses to improve breast cancer awarenessfor women is seems to be necessary.

کلیدواژه ها:

knowledge ، attitudes ، Performance ، Breast Cancer