A comparison of rural and urbans women's knowledge and attitudes toward breast cancer
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Keywords
Breast cancer, urban women, rural women
Abstract
Background: According to the WHO, cancer ranks as the second most common cause of death worldwide. In 2015, 8.8 million people died from cancer worldwide, accounting for nearly 1 in 6 fatalities. After cardiovascular illnesses, infectious diseases, and injuries, cancer is the fourth leading cause of mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Method: A quantitative, a descriptive cross-sectionals designs was used, and 200 participants were chosen using a convenience sampling technique. Participants' rights were protected in accordance with ethical considerations. Following that, data were collected from December 10, 2022 to January 15, 2023.
Results: The study concluded that there is a difference in the social demographic characteristics between women in urban and rural areas. So that 30% of urban women between the ages of 30-39 years, 45% of them are married, 44% of them have a secondary education level, while 46% of them are rural women between the ages of 30-39 years, 68% of them are married, and 38 % of them had
primary school as their level of education.
Conclusion: There is a statistical significant deference between women’s Knowledge about breast cancer according site of life that mean the both (urban and rural) women have not high level of knowledge about breast cancer and have negative attitudes about breast cancer.
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