Conhecimento e prática do auto-exame de mama
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2006
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O BJECTIVE . To ascertain frequency of women in a hospital sample in
Goiânia, Brazil, who know about and carry out breast-self examination
(BSE) as well as the factors associated to knowledge and practice of this
diagnostic method.
M ETHODS . A descriptive study was carried out aiming to identify factors
potentially associated to BSE in a sample of 2,073 women. Data was
collected using a standardized questionnaire of age, education level,
origin, parity, civil status, income and breastfeeding antecedents of the
women.
R ESULTS . 75% of women knew about BSE and 51% practiced it. A
multivariate analysis yielded the following odds ratios: BSE knowledge was
4.2 times higher among housewives than women working away from home;
2.1 times higher among those aged 30 years or older; 2.1 times higher in
those with 5 years or more of schooling, 1.98 times higher among those
living in the Greater Goiânia Region, 1.4 times higher among those with 2
children or more, and 1.68 times higher among those with an income above
2 minimum wages. In relation to BSE practice, it was 1.7 times more
frequent among housewives and among those 30 year or older, 1.8 times more frequent among those with more years of schooling and 1.2 more
frequent among women with an income above 2 minimum wages.
C ONCLUSION . The majority of women knew about BSE, and half of them,
practiced it. Less knowledge and less frequent practice of BSE was more
often detected in poorer women, those with less health information and
awareness about the usefulness of this method for early breast cancer
detection.
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Câncer de mama, Auto-exame, Rastreamento, Risco, Regressão logística, Análise fatorial, Breast cancer, Factor analysis, Breast self examination, Screening, Logistic regression
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FREITAS JÚNIOR, Ruffo et al. Conhecimento e prática do auto-exame de mama. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, São Paulo, v. 52, n. 5, p. 337-341, 2006.