Awareness of women about aspects of early detection of breast cancer
International Journal of Development Research
Awareness of women about aspects of early detection of breast cancer
Received 20th January, 2022; Received in revised form 29th January, 2022; Accepted 04th February, 2022; Published online 28th March, 2022
Study with the objective of analyzing the knowledge available in the scientific literature on women’s awareness about early detection of breast cancer. This is an integrative literature review. Data collection was performed at the Virtual Health Library and PubMed Central. The association of the Boolean operator “AND” with the following controlled descriptors extracted from MeSH and Decs was used: “Breast neoplasms”, “Awareness” and “Early Detection of Cancer”. Scientific articles in Portuguese and English published between 2019 and 2021were included. Publications were exported to EndNote Basic, duplicate references were removed, each publication was evaluated and those considered appropriate were selected, resulting in a final sample of 30 articles. There was a predominance of publications from 2019, in English, of studies carried out in Nigeria and Ethiopia and of the cross-sectional type (83.4%), therefore, level of evidence IV. Among the strategies, self-palpation was the most researched and practiced by the women investigated. Most of the studies (19) found that less than 50% of the participants were aware of strategic actions. Factors associated with awareness were income, education level, marital status, age, ethnicity, location (urban or rural), family history of breast cancer, breastfeeding experience, self-efficacy, motivation, and perceived barriers.
Study with the objective of analyzing the knowledge available in the scientific literature on women’s awareness about early detection of breast cancer. This is an integrative literature review. Data collection was performed at the Virtual Health Library and PubMed Central. The association of the Boolean operator “AND” with the following controlled descriptors extracted from MeSH and Decs was used: “Breast neoplasms”, “Awareness” and “Early Detection of Cancer”. Scientific articles in Portuguese and English published between 2019 and 2021were included. Publications were exported to EndNote Basic, duplicate references were removed, each publication was evaluated and those considered appropriate were selected, resulting in a final sample of 30 articles. There was a predominance of publications from 2019, in English, of studies carried out in Nigeria and Ethiopia and of the cross-sectional type (83.4%), therefore, level of evidence IV. Among the strategies, self-palpation was the most researched and practiced by the women investigated. Most of the studies (19) found that less than 50% of the participants were aware of strategic actions. Factors associated with awareness were income, education level, marital status, age, ethnicity, location (urban or rural), family history of breast cancer, breastfeeding experience, self-efficacy, motivation, and perceived barriers.
