Cancer Screening and Influencing Factors in a Island Residents / 종양간호학회지
Journal of Korean Oncology Nursing
;
: 138-146, 2008.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-206939
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was to investigate the cancer screening rates and influence factors in island residents.METHODS:
The participants were 1,223 Shinan gun island residents. Data were collected using structured questionnaires from June 23th to September 8th, 2007 and analyzed using the SAS win 12.0 program.RESULTS:
The cancer screening rate was 49.9%. There were significant differences for sex, age, living with family, economic level, smoking, exercise, private health insurance, familial history, health concern. The highest practice rate was of stomach cancer (55.9%), which is gastric endoscopic exam. The most common motivation of getting a screening test was the concern of health (40.8%), and many had no recommender of the screening test (30.0%). 58.4% of the subjects were satisfied with the screeing tests and the most frequent reason of the satisfaction was 'rapid result report' (33.1%). The msot common reason of unsatisfaction was 'long waiting time' (25.7%). Most participants agreed with the necessity of cancer screening (74.9%). More than half participants said they would participate in another cancer screening tests in the future (51.9%). Private health insurance, exercise, health concern and smoking showed significant predictors (20.6%) of obtaining cancer screening.CONCLUSION:
The results suggest that health care professionals should give more attention to help the residents obtain cancer screening tests. A further study is necessary to develop any effective intervention for people who do not practice cancer screening tests.
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Asunto principal:
Fenotiazinas
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Humo
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Fumar
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Tamizaje Masivo
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Atención a la Salud
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Detección Precoz del Cáncer
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Seguro de Salud
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Motivación
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Estudio de tamizaje
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Korean Oncology Nursing
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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