1. Perceived Fears, Barriers, and Benefits Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: A Comparison of Lebanese and Lebanese-American Women
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Nayiri Ketchedjian, Laura Bourdeanu, Barbara Pate, and Manal Alatrash
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Adult ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,MEDLINE ,Breast Neoplasms ,Malignancy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Breast cancer screening ,0302 clinical medicine ,Breast cancer ,Original Reports ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Lebanon ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Early Detection of Cancer ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Fear ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Family medicine ,Female ,business - Abstract
Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among Lebanese women, and nearly half of these women are age < 50 years at diagnosis. Despite the current screening guidelines in Lebanon to start mammograms at 40 years of age, monthly self-breast examination, and yearly clinical breast examination, compliance with these recommendations remains low in both Lebanese and Lebanese-American women. This study aimed to examine different factors associated with breast cancer screening compliance in Lebanese and Lebanese-American women and determine and compare factors that predict breast cancer screening for these 2 groups. A cross-sectional study design was used to examine the factors associated with breast cancer screening compliance in Lebanese and Lebanese-American women. A total of 250 Lebanese women and 105 Lebanese-American women completed the questionnaires. Of these, 74.3% of Lebanese-American women and 72.5% of Lebanese women had ever had a mammogram, and 58.4% of Lebanese women had had a clinical breast examination, compared with 84.8% of Lebanese-American women. In both groups, health care provider recommendation was a predictor of having had a mammogram. Although the breast cancer screening practices of both groups are higher than previously reported, they continue to fall below the recommended rate of 81% according to the Healthy People Project. Given the susceptibility of Lebanese women age > 40 years to develop breast cancer, promotional breast cancer screening campaigns must emphasize the importance of adhering to screening guidelines for both Lebanese and Lebanese-American women.
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- 2020
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