Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff

In Malaysia, breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women indicating that early diagnosis and screening practice is important to increase the survival rate. Breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography are the main screening practices for breast cancer. Knowl...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah, Moey, Soo Foon, Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2019
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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spelling	iium-739602019-08-29T03:17:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73960/ Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah Moey, Soo Foon Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform In Malaysia, breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women indicating that early diagnosis and screening practice is important to increase the survival rate. Breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography are the main screening practices for breast cancer. Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer can play an important role in aiding early detection of breast cancer. Little is known about the knowledge of breast cancer and screening practices among the non-academic staff in IIUM, Kuantan. As such this study aims to determine the knowledge and screening practices of breast cancer amongst the non-academic staff at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 non-academic staff from ten different departments in IIUM, Kuantan from March to April 2017. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire on knowledge of breast cancer and screening practices. The relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of breast cancer and breast cancer screening practices were carried out using chi-square. No significant difference was found between knowledge of breast cancer and socio-demographic factors. However significant relationships were found between the age of respondents and BSE as well as the level of education of respondents and CBE. Most non-academic staff possessed an average level of knowledge on breast cancer and screening practices due to possibly ease of access to information. Low performance of breast screening practices was indicated possibly due to lack of awareness, the misconception of the need and benefits derived from such screening practices IIUM Press 2019-08-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73960/1/181-Article%20Text-1124-1-10-20190805.pdf Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah and Moey, Soo Foon and Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza (2019) Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 616-624. E-ISSN 2600-8491 https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/181
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topic	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah Moey, Soo Foon Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
description	In Malaysia, breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women indicating that early diagnosis and screening practice is important to increase the survival rate. Breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography are the main screening practices for breast cancer. Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer can play an important role in aiding early detection of breast cancer. Little is known about the knowledge of breast cancer and screening practices among the non-academic staff in IIUM, Kuantan. As such this study aims to determine the knowledge and screening practices of breast cancer amongst the non-academic staff at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 non-academic staff from ten different departments in IIUM, Kuantan from March to April 2017. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire on knowledge of breast cancer and screening practices. The relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of breast cancer and breast cancer screening practices were carried out using chi-square. No significant difference was found between knowledge of breast cancer and socio-demographic factors. However significant relationships were found between the age of respondents and BSE as well as the level of education of respondents and CBE. Most non-academic staff possessed an average level of knowledge on breast cancer and screening practices due to possibly ease of access to information. Low performance of breast screening practices was indicated possibly due to lack of awareness, the misconception of the need and benefits derived from such screening practices
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author	Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah Moey, Soo Foon Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza
author_facet	Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah Moey, Soo Foon Kamarudin, Nur Nadira Aiza
author_sort	Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah
title	Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
title_short	Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
title_full	Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
title_fullStr	Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff
title_sort	awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among iium non-academic staff
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2019
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Awareness, knowledge and breast cancer screening practices among IIUM non-academic staff

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