Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Cancer Screening Tests Among Health Workers in a University Hospital in Turkey

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dc.authoridözer, ali/0000-0002-7144-4915
dc.authoridulucan, mihriban/0000-0001-5462-2209
dc.authorwosidözer, ali/ABI-2209-2020
dc.authorwosidulucan, mihriban/ABD-2811-2021
dc.contributor.authorSoylar, Pinar
dc.contributor.authorOzer, Ali
dc.contributor.authorYuksekol, Ozlem Dogan
dc.contributor.authorUlucan, Mihriban
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:45:52Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractHealth workers play an important role in the early detection of cancer and encouraging people to participate in screening tests. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health workers regarding cancer screening and to determine variables that affect their behavior in undergoing in screening tests. This descriptive study was conducted among 475 health workers (84 assistant doctors, 306 nurses, 65 midwives, and 20 other professionals) in a university hospital. The questionnaire included sociodemographic questions (age, profession, years of experience, and family history of cancer) and questions about the workers' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding cancer screening. It was found that half of the participants had inadequate knowledge of cancer screening methods (50.3% for Pap smear, 57.5% for mammography, 68.4% for colonoscopy, and 54.3% for fecal occult blood). Although the attitudes of the health workers were mostly positive (above 90% for all screening tests), their practice of screening methods was low (for example 25.7% of them practiced mammography and 4.2% pap smear). Older health workers, those with a family history of cancer, and those with more than 11 years of experience tended to participate in cancer screening tests more often than health workers who were younger, had no family history of cancer history, and whose experience was less than 10 years (p < 0.05). A health worker's profession was not an important factor in their practice of undergoing screening tests (p > 0.05).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13187-019-01517-2
dc.identifier.endpage723en_US
dc.identifier.issn0885-8195
dc.identifier.issn1543-0154
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid30937881en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85064266667en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage718en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-019-01517-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/98757
dc.identifier.volume35en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000548657400013en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Cancer Educationen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectEarly detection of canceren_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectPracticeen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectScreeningen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Cancer Screening Tests Among Health Workers in a University Hospital in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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