Epidemiological Study on Breast Cancer Associated Risk Factors and Screening Practices among Women of Lucknow District.

Dr Anurag Khare; Dr Vijai Kumar Misra

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Epidemiological Study on Breast Cancer Associated Risk Factors and Screening Practices among Women of Lucknow District.

Dr Anurag Khare, Dr Vijai Kumar Misra

Abstract :

Background:Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death (1.38 million, 10.9% of all cancer) worldwide after lung cancer.Objectives:The aim of our study was to assess knowledge and the awareness about the risk factors, recovery factors and the screening practices for early detection of east cancer among the women of Lucknow district.Material and Methods: A cross–sectional population based survey was conducted. The investigation tool adopted was self administrated questionnaire format. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 version and Chi square test to determine significant association between various education groups with awareness and knowledge, analysis of variance was applied in order to establish significance.Results: The attitude of participants in this study, among 550 women 500 (91%) responded (age group 18–65 years), 53.8% were married. The knowledge about BSE (Breast Self Examination) was very low (16%) and out of them 15.6% were practiced BSE only once in life time. study shown that prominent age at which women achieve their parity was 20 yrs, among 500 participants 224 women have achieved their parity from age 18 to 30 yrs. Very well known awareness about risk factors of east cancer were alcohol (64.6%), smoking (64%) and least known awareness risk factors were early menarche (17.2%) and use of red meat (23%). The recovery factors of east cancer cases were doctors support (95%) and family support (94.5%) as most familiar responses seen in Lucknow.Conclusion: The study revealed that the awareness about risk factors and practiced of BSE among women in Lucknow is extremely low in comparison with other cities and countries. However, doctors and health workers may promote the early diagnosis of east cancer.