Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.522
Aggrey Priscilla Aba, Akohene Mensah Kofi, B. Kwasi, Twum Peter, O. Perditer, Otupiri Easmon
Background: Infertility in developing countries often raises distinct and complex issues as compared to developed countries. Infertility affects an estimated 15% of couples globally with several socio-cultural implications. Many studies have reported that, males have poor health seeking behaviour when it comes to infertility treatment as they do not involvement themselves strongly due to varied factors. Therefore, this paper sets the pace by exploring how knowledge level, attitudes of men and their socio-demographic backgrounds influence their involvement in infertility treatment in Ghana. The paper was underpinned by the ancient Social Learning Theory which is still instrumental in modern social science research. Methods: The study adopted a quantitative approach using a cross-sectional study design. The study population was married men selected using a simple random sampling technique from 8 clustered demarcation to obtain 423 respondents using the formula N=z2pq/d2. A structured questionnaire was administered and data were analysed using STATA 15. Statistical significance for all testing was set as p<0.05 with 95CI. Result: The study found that, the mean age for the participants was 38.35 ± 0.48 and 92.67% were involved in monogamous marriage. Again, 57.45% had secondary/vocational education, 97.40% active employment with greater number of them earning less than GHC 600. It was noted that 84.16% of respondents agreed that, female partners are always the cause of childlessness in an infertile relationship. Misconceptions on infertility being caused by witchcraft, curses, or other supernatural powers were also noted (58.39%). It was also found that, married men in polygamous marriages were 6 times more likely to be involved in a fertility treatment than married men in monogamous marriages (Adjusted OR=6.210, 95%CI=3.153-7.232). Moreover, married men with primary and tertiary education were 0.517 less likely (Adjusted OR=0.517, 95%CI=0.319-0.819) and 0.597 less likely (Adjusted OR=0.597, 95%CI=0.153-0.732) to be involved in fertility treatment respectively as compared to those with secondary education. Again, married men who were employed were 3 times more likely (Adjusted OR=3.331, 95%CI=2.193-3.304) to be involved in infertility treatment as compared with those who are self-employed. Moslems were 4 times more likely (Adjusted OR=4.036, 95%CI=1.420-4.304) to be involved in infertility treatment as compared to Christians. Finally, traditionalists were 0.331 less likely (Adjusted OR=0.331, 95%CI=0.193-0.364) to be involved in infertility treatment as compared to Christians. Conclusion: The study concludes that, fertility declines with age coupled with factors such as the consumption of excessive alcohol, use of anabolic steroids, untreated sexually transmitted diseases, excessive stress, and among others. Also, the general attitudes of men towards infertility treatment were good as majority of them perceive infertility treatment to be the
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.510
Daniel Aboma, Solomon Gurmu
Background: Covid-19 infection may predispose pregnant women to higher risks of severe disease and poorer neonatal outcome. Novel-corona virus is currently a pandemic and public health emergency of international concern, stated globally by the World Health Organization (WHO). Ethiopia has become one of the affected countries as of October 15, 2020. However, the level of knowledge and preventive practice against Covid-19 infection among pregnant women visiting health facilities. Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and preventive practices against Covid-19 pandemic infection among pregnant women visiting Serbo health center, Jimma town southwest Ethiopia. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 sampled visitors, from 20–28 October 2020. Consecutive sampling was used to recruit the participants. The study tools were adapted from WHO resources. The data were analysed using statistical package software for social science version 23.0. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the level of knowledge and preventive practices. Results: Of the 232 respondents, 198(83.0%) knew the main clinical symptoms. 68.5% knew that older people who have chronic illnesses was at high risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19 disease. About 73.3% knew that the virus spread via respiratory droplets of infected people. Only 55(23.7) %) knew that children and young adults had to involve preventive measures. Overall, 63.1% of the visitors had high knowledge. The majority, 170(68.8%), felt self-efficacious to control Covid-19. 207(83.3%) believed that Covid-19 pandemic is a stigmatized disease. Frequent hand washing (73.7%) and avoidance of shaking hands (53.0%) were the dominant practices. Conclusions: The status of knowledge and desirable practices were not sufficient enough to combat this rapidly spreading virus. Risk communication and public education efforts should focus on building an appropriate level of knowledge.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.534
Mohammednur Abdo Komicha, G. Egata, Meyrema Abdo, Mohammed Abdurke Kure, K. Roba
Background: Low birth weight remains a public health challenge in developing worlds. Globally, low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of early neonatal mortality and morbidity. The primary causes of low birth weight are related to maternal risk factors. For instance; maternal under nutrition, maternal anemia, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with low birth weight. Although it remains one of the top challenges of adverse birth outcome, predictors of low birth weight are rarely Eastern studied in Ethiopia. To the best knowledge of the researchers, the magnitude of low birth weight is not studied in this study area. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the magnitude of low birth weight and associated factors among women who gave birth in public Hospitals of Harari Regional state, Eastern Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 women who deliverd in public hospitals of Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia from February 10th to March 20th, 2019. A systematic sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data were collected using pretested structured interviews administered questionnaires. The collected data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1, and exported to SPSS (IBM version 22) for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics were carried out using frequency tables, proportion and summary measures. Multivariable analysis was done to identify the true effects of predictor variables on the outcome variable after controlling for possible confounders. Statistical significance was declared at p-value <0.05. Result: Overall, the magnitude of low birth weight was 23.3% [( 95% CI (19.0, 28.0)]. In final model of multivariable analysis; unplanned pregnancy [AOR=4.7;95%CI (2.4, 8.9)], maternal mid upper arm circumference less than 23cm[AOR=3.5;95%CI (1.8, 6.0)], substance use in current pregnancy[AOR=5.0; 95%CI(2.5, 10.0)], maternal anemia [AOR=2.3; 95%CI (1.2, 4.4)], a history of hyperemesis in current pregnancy[AOR=4.5,95 % CI =2.3, 9.0)] and having no history of antenatal care follow-up in current pregnancy [AOR=5.4; 95 % CI =2.5, 12.9)] were statistically associated with low birth weight. The conclusion: The magnitude of low birth weight was relatively high in this study area compared to national and global targets. Therefore, efforts should be emphasized on ensuring women’s nutritional status during pregnancy, and creating awareness on the potential risks of substance use for unborn fetus. Health information dissemination on the utilization of ANC service is also very crucial to improve the birth weight of newborn babies. Keywords: Low birth weight, associated factors, predictors, Eastern Ethiopia
背景:低出生体重仍然是发展中国家面临的一项公共卫生挑战。在全球范围内，低出生体重与新生儿早期死亡和发病风险增加有关。低出生体重的主要原因与产妇的危险因素有关。例如;产妇营养不良、产妇贫血和妊娠期高血压疾病与低出生体重有关。尽管它仍然是不良出生结果的最大挑战之一，但埃塞俄比亚很少对低出生体重的预测因素进行研究。据研究人员所知，本研究领域并未研究低出生体重的程度。因此，本研究旨在评估在埃塞俄比亚东部哈拉里州公立医院分娩的妇女中低出生体重的严重程度及其相关因素。方法:对2019年2月10日至3月20日在埃塞俄比亚东部哈拉里州公立医院分娩的403名妇女进行基于医院的横断面研究。采用系统抽样技术选择研究参与者。数据收集使用预先测试的结构化访谈管理问卷。收集的数据输入Epi-data 3.1版本，导出到SPSS (IBM version 22)进行统计分析。描述性统计采用频率表、比例法和汇总法。在控制了可能的混杂因素后，进行多变量分析以确定预测变量对结果变量的真实影响。p值<0.05，差异有统计学意义。结果:总体而言，低出生体重的程度为23.3% [95% CI(19.0, 28.0)]。最后对模型进行多变量分析;非计划妊娠[AOR=4.7;95%CI(2.4, 8.9)]，产妇上臂中围小于23cm[AOR=3.5;95%CI(1.8, 6.0)]，妊娠期药物使用[AOR=5.0];95%CI(2.5, 10.0)]，母体贫血[AOR=2.3;95%CI(1.2, 4.4)]，妊娠期有剧吐史[AOR=4.5, 95%CI =2.3, 9.0)]，妊娠期无产前保健随访史[AOR=5.4];95% CI =2.5, 12.9)]与低出生体重相关。结论:与国家和全球目标相比，该研究地区低出生体重的程度相对较高。因此，应努力确保妇女在怀孕期间的营养状况，并提高对药物使用对未出生胎儿的潜在风险的认识。宣传利用产前保健服务的卫生信息对改善新生儿出生体重也非常重要。关键词:低出生体重，相关因素，预测因素，埃塞俄比亚东部
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.513
Markos Abiso Erango, Degefe Godebo
Background: Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Maternal utilization is the property of attending a health centre during the ANC period. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of maternal morbidities and mortalities in developing countries due to non-attending of maternal health care service utilization in the health centre. Objective: This paper aims to analysis potential barriers for maternal health care utilization in a rural area and to identify associated factors among mothers in the rural districts. Methods: A Primary data were collected from 309 women’s those gave birth from June 2017 to June 2019 in 35 lemo districts south region of Ethiopia. A stratified simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents s from a total of 1415 birth gave women’s. The data was collected with a designed questionnaire and using interviewing the mother who gave birth in the study. Maternal health care service utilization was considered as a response variable in this study and it can be categorized as (0=utilized and 1=not utilized). A logistic regression model with a Bayesian approach was used to handle the data using both SPSS version 20 and Open BUGS version 3.2.3 software. Results: This study revealed that the probability of not use maternal health care services in the study area was 41.5%. Age women, Maternal education, Husband education, Occupation of women, Occupation of Husband, counselling, transportation access, distance from the health centre, number of children in a family, and religion are major potential barriers influencing maternal health care service utilization in the study areas.
背景:产妇保健是指妇女在怀孕、分娩和产后期间的健康。在非洲人国民大会期间，产妇利用是到保健中心就诊的财产。妊娠和分娩并发症是发展中国家产妇发病和死亡的主要原因，原因是没有在保健中心使用产妇保健服务。目的:本文旨在分析农村地区孕产妇保健利用的潜在障碍，并确定农村地区母亲的相关因素。方法:收集了埃塞俄比亚南部35个莱莫地区2017年6月至2019年6月分娩的309名妇女的初步数据。采用分层简单随机抽样的方法，从1415名分娩妇女中抽取调查对象。数据是通过设计问卷和采访研究中分娩的母亲收集的。本研究将孕产妇保健服务利用情况作为响应变量，分为(0=利用，1=未利用)。采用SPSS version 20和Open BUGS version 3.2.3软件，采用贝叶斯方法建立logistic回归模型对数据进行处理。结果:研究区未使用孕产妇保健服务的概率为41.5%。在研究地区，年龄妇女、产妇教育、丈夫教育、妇女职业、丈夫职业、咨询、交通便利、与保健中心的距离、家庭子女人数和宗教是影响产妇保健服务利用的主要潜在障碍。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.514
Nighat Wadood, Abdulhakim Umar Toro, Ayush Madan
At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China. This results in an epidemic throughout China, followed by an increasing number of cases in other countries throughout the world. Currently, containment and mitigation measures have intensified and disease-modifying pharmacologic compounds and vaccines are being developed, COVID-19 continues to spread. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) was shown to be a Beta-coronavirus (lineage B) closely related to SARS-CoV and SARS-related bat coronaviruses, and it has been reported to share a common receptor with SARS-CoV (ACE-2)At the time of this writing, the full magnitude of the public health impact poses a great threat to all humankind. More than 12 million patients have been infected globally and 564, 623 have died as of 10th July 2020. In this review, we highlight epidemiology, transmission, impact on pregnancy and reproductive health and future directions to control the spread of this fatal disease.
{"title":"A Review on COVID-19: The Epidemiology, Transmission, Impact on Pregnancy and Reproductive Health and Its Prevention","authors":"Nighat Wadood, Abdulhakim Umar Toro, Ayush Madan","doi":"10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.514","url":null,"abstract":"At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China. This results in an epidemic throughout China, followed by an increasing number of cases in other countries throughout the world. Currently, containment and mitigation measures have intensified and disease-modifying pharmacologic compounds and vaccines are being developed, COVID-19 continues to spread. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) was shown to be a Beta-coronavirus (lineage B) closely related to SARS-CoV and SARS-related bat coronaviruses, and it has been reported to share a common receptor with SARS-CoV (ACE-2)At the time of this writing, the full magnitude of the public health impact poses a great threat to all humankind. More than 12 million patients have been infected globally and 564, 623 have died as of 10th July 2020. In this review, we highlight epidemiology, transmission, impact on pregnancy and reproductive health and future directions to control the spread of this fatal disease.","PeriodicalId":93471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health care and management","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89950262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Social media is a relatively new technology, and little studies have been conducted on its addiction and associated factors. It has become popular among college and university students of young population. Social media is addictive specially using it for chatting is very attractive and addictive. Once you sign in to this public site, you may follow others’ comments, gossip, and get in touch with the whole society or world. You can’t stop when you want since you are controlled. The present study is designed to evaluate social media addiction and associated factors among university students. An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 11 - 30 /2017. A simple random sampling method was conducted to recruit the study participants. Data was collected by using pre-tasted, structured and self-administered questioner and analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical software. A total of 149(99.3%) of respondents were reported as social media users. From this figure the majority 104(69.8%) of participants used Facebook. From the total users about 32(21.3%) of students were addicted. Variables such as being male, young in age (18-22 years), and excessive use of social media per day significantly associated with higher odds of addiction. Therefore, students should limit and use appropriately the social media through self-regulation.
{"title":"Social Media Addiction and Associated Factors among Madda Walabu University Students, Southeast Ethiopia","authors":"Tilahun Ermeko, A. Lette, Muhaba Abadir, Abeba Dargie, Andinet Alemayehu, ShambelAlemu, Ebrahim Mohamed","doi":"10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.536","url":null,"abstract":"Social media is a relatively new technology, and little studies have been conducted on its addiction and associated factors. It has become popular among college and university students of young population. Social media is addictive specially using it for chatting is very attractive and addictive. Once you sign in to this public site, you may follow others’ comments, gossip, and get in touch with the whole society or world. You can’t stop when you want since you are controlled. The present study is designed to evaluate social media addiction and associated factors among university students. An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 11 - 30 /2017. A simple random sampling method was conducted to recruit the study participants. Data was collected by using pre-tasted, structured and self-administered questioner and analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical software. A total of 149(99.3%) of respondents were reported as social media users. From this figure the majority 104(69.8%) of participants used Facebook. From the total users about 32(21.3%) of students were addicted. Variables such as being male, young in age (18-22 years), and excessive use of social media per day significantly associated with higher odds of addiction. Therefore, students should limit and use appropriately the social media through self-regulation.","PeriodicalId":93471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health care and management","volume":"11 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74976688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.554
Rakesh Agarwal
{"title":"What is the Average Week-by-Week Miscarriage Rate?: An Overview","authors":"Rakesh Agarwal","doi":"10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health care and management","volume":"65 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85575293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.524
K. Sherchan
Introduction: Ectopic pregnancy is a global problem yet many women are unaware of this condition. In a low- income country like Nepal, women don’t seek timely antenatal care so early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy becomes a challenge in our setting. Ectopic pregnancy if left untreated can result in maternal morbidity and mortality. Objective: The study was carried out to find out the incidence of ectopic pregnancy as well as to elucidate risk factors in such women which will help in identifying the high risk groups and making them aware about the condition. Methods: This hospital based observational study was carried out retrospectively between May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020 in Gandaki Medical College. All confirmed 33 cases of ectopic pregnancy were included in the study. The total number of deliveries during this period was obtained from the labor ward registers. Data were analyzed usingdescriptive statistics. Results: In the present study, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy was 1.5%. Most ectopic pregnancies were in the age group 21-25 years and 31-35 years with 81.8% women being multiparous. 36.36% of ectopic pregnancies had gestational age of more than 8 weeks. Use of emergency pills and medical abortion were the most common identifiable risk factors. In 15.15% of patients, no cause was identified. The most common symptom was abdominal pain which was present in 100% of patients followed by amenorrhea(72.7%) and vaginal bleeding (45.4%). 97% of ectopic pregnancies were located in fallopian tube, ampulla being more common. Tubal rupture and hemoperitoneum were present in 75.75% of patients which were managed successfully by radical surgery. Conclusion: The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is on the rise due to various contributing factors. Timely detection and intervention can help to prevent maternal catastrophe. Hence knowledge regarding risk factors is necessary when we are counselling women about ectopic pregnancy. Keywords: Ectopic, Incidence, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Symptoms
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.517
L. Woiloro, Belay Erchafo Lubego, T. Arficho, Tagesse Sedoro Diramo, Dawit Sullamo Erjino
Background: Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is a primary screening technique to detect breast abnormalities. By performing regular breast self-examination, women would become familiar with their breasts condition so as to enable them to detect any changes from time to time. BSE must be routinely performed by an individual female from young. This is because breast cancer can be developed at the very age of twenty. This study was aimed to assess the predictor of breast self-examination and breast cancer risk perception among female students of WCU, by using health belief model. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in Wachamo University female students, Hossana, Ethiopia. Data collection tool is an anonymous valid and reliable questionnaire, which acquired information about the factors affecting predictor of breast self-examination and breast cancer risk perception. The data was entered in Epi data V-3.1 and analysed using SPSS version 21. Binary logistic regression analysis was also employed to examine association between dependent and independent variables. P-value of <0.05 was considered as cut off point for significance. Results: A total of 441 study subjects participated in this study making response rate of 99.3 % with mean age of the study population was 21 years. 98 % of the participants were single and 38% were protestant religion followers. Most of them 92.3% ever heard about breast cancer and 43.3% of the participants ever heard about BSE. The main source of information on breast cancer and BSE were media 74.1%. The overall knowledge of the students about breast self-examination was 61%. Good knowledge on BSE and breast cancer risk perception 5.01[2.13, 11.18], facing of breast discomfort 3.04[1.07, 9], family history of breast cancer 6.32[1.08, 14.95], high perceived susceptibility 2.5[1.2, 6.09], high perceived severity were 3.3[1.01, 8.65]) were independent predictors of breast self-examination among female Wachemo University students. Conclusions and Recommendation: In this study breast self-examination among female Wachemo University students so comes to be 39.2% which is lower than other studies even if there is some similar figures were there. Intervenes should have to be needed by designing and carrying out to enhance the skills and efficacy of the female students regarding self-examinations of their breasts. Governmental organization should have to scale up breast screening service as one of the packages from youth friendly service because it’s long-term consequence serious.
背景:乳腺自我检查(BSE)是发现乳腺异常的主要筛查技术。通过定期进行乳房自我检查，妇女会熟悉自己的乳房状况，使她们能够不时发现任何变化。疯牛病必须由个体雌性从幼年开始例行性地进行。这是因为乳腺癌可以在20岁时发展。本研究旨在运用健康信念模型，评估WCU女学生乳房自我检查与乳腺癌风险认知的预测因子。方法:对埃塞俄比亚霍萨纳瓦查莫大学女学生进行横断面研究。数据收集工具为匿名、有效、可靠的问卷调查，获取影响乳房自检预测因子和乳腺癌风险认知的因素信息。数据录入Epi data V-3.1，使用SPSS 21版进行分析。采用二元logistic回归分析检验因变量与自变量之间的相关性。p值<0.05为显著性截断点。结果:共纳入441名研究对象，有效率为99.3%，研究人群平均年龄21岁。98%的参与者是单身，38%是新教信徒。其中92.3%的人听说过乳腺癌，43.3%的人听说过疯牛病。乳腺癌和疯牛病的主要信息来源为媒体74.1%。学生对乳房自检的总体知晓率为61%。Wachemo大学女生乳腺自检的独立预测因素为:对BSE有良好的了解、乳腺癌风险认知5.01[2.13,11.18]、面对乳房不适3.04[1.07,9]、乳腺癌家族史6.32[1.08,14.95]、高感知易感性2.5[1.2,6.09]、高感知严重程度3.3[1.01,8.65]。结论与建议:在本研究中，Wachemo大学女生乳房自我检查的比例为39.2%，尽管有类似的数据，但低于其他研究。应该通过设计和实施干预措施来提高女学生自我检查乳房的技能和效能。政府机构应该扩大乳房筛查服务，将其作为青少年友好服务的一部分，因为它的长期后果是严重的。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.21.10.526
Magdalini Bakola, K. Tsilidis, H. Harissis
Objective: To assess statistical numeracy with a new specialized questionnaire in women who follow breast cancer screening programs. Methods: A cross-sectional study of women who follow breast cancer screening in the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece. We have created a new tool to evaluate women statistical numeracy by using 11 basic concepts, which compose the statistical numeracy spectrum and are related with breast cancer screening programs. Content validity and reliability tests have been performed. Our sample consisted of 202 women, who took part in the study in the form of an interview. Results: A lack in statistical numeracy was observed, as the percentages of correct answers for the majority of the 11 concepts ranged from 6.9% to 53%. Percentages appear to be the concept that is more easily understood with correct answers equal to 53%. Visual presentation of medical information showed a significant improvement in women understanding, as 89.4% of them gave a correct answer. Conclusions: Women who follow breast cancer screening programs face great difficulty in understanding basic medical statistical numeracy concepts. These concepts have great importance in women’s informed decision making. The vast majority of women may make wrong decisions regarding screening programs due to the misconception of medical information. Visual presentation of the medical information could improve the misconception problem. Keywords: Breast cancer screening, Statistical numeracy, Women, Women decision making, Women misconception, Informed decision making
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