Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar, Syed Farazul Hassan Shah, Sadaqat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rehan Yousaf, Qamar Ashfaq Ahmad.
Knowledge, attitude and practices amongst the Pakistani females towards breast cancer screening programme.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;65(10):1075-8.

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices amongst Pakistani females towards breast screening programmes. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2013 to July2014 at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, and comprised attendants and patients who visited out-patients department and/or were treated as in-patients. The questionnaire contained 25 open and close-ended questions regarding knowledge and attitude, along with 7 questions regarding practices. Data was analysed using SPSS 17. Results: There were 1184 women with a mean age of 32.7±8.6 years. The mean score was 12.7±4.9. Positive family history of breast cancer was reported by 156(13.2%) women; 420(35.5%) believed advancing age was a risk factor; 1041(87.9%) never had breast self-examination; 1106(93.4%) never had a clinical breast examination; and 1171(98.9%) never had screening mammogram. Conclusion: The knowledge and practices regarding breast cancer screening, breast self-examination and mammogram among women were not good. The knowledge about breast cancer risk factors was very poor and showed an alarming attitude towards practices.

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