The Practice and Willingness of Women Towards Opportunistic Screening for Breast and Cervical Cancers in Sichuan Province, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

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作者
Li, Hui [1 ]
Huang, Mingquan [2 ]
Yang, Yonglian [3 ]
Tang, Jun [3 ]
Ye, Yunli [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Southwest Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Luzhou, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[2] Southwest Med Univ, Dept Breast Surg, Affiliated Hosp, Luzhou, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[3] Southwest Med Univ, Sch Basic Med Sci, Luzhou, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[4] Southwest Med Univ, I Sect I,Xianglin Rd, Luzhou, Sichuan, Peoples R China
关键词
physician -recommended screening; voluntary screening; two -cancers? screening; behavior; willingness; FACILITATORS; BARRIERS;
D O I
10.2147/RMHP.S391534
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Purpose: To understand the practices and willingness of Chinese women to undergo opportunistic screening for breast cancer (BC) and cervical cancer (CC).Patients and Methods: From July to August 2021, a cross-sectional study of 1446 women from six cities in Sichuan Province, China, was conducted. A questionnaire was used to investigate practices, willingness, and barriers to opportunistic screening for BC and CC. Furthermore, potential factors for opportunistic screening willingness were analyzed using the chi-squared test and logistic regression.Results: During their lifetime, 312 (21.6%) and 388 (26.8%) women had undergone opportunistic screening for BC and CC, respectively. There were 1069 (73.9%) women willing to accept physician-recommended screening during a medical visit, while 835 (57.7%) were willing to have a voluntary screening at a healthcare institution. The main barriers to reluctance to participate in physician-recommended and voluntary screenings were "no symptoms; hence, no need for screening" and "unwillingness or difficulty in paying screening cost". Ethnic minorities, lower education levels, and menopause were inversely associated, whereas awareness of the screening methods and eligibility for screening were positively associated with physician-recommended and voluntary screenings (P < 0.05). Furthermore, awareness of "two -cancers" screening was positively associated with physician-recommended screening (P < 0.05).Conclusion: BC and CC opportunistic screening rates in Sichuan Province were low. The willingness to undergo physician -recommended screening was high, while that towards individual initiative screening was low. Public health education should be strengthened to increase cancer prevention awareness and knowledge of cancer screening, especially for women with low education, ethnic minorities, and post-menopause, for whom tailored interventions are suggested. In addition, novel ways of sharing screening costs need to be explored.
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页码:169 / 183
页数:15
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