Assessment of knowledge attitude practice towards ovarian cancer among women
A questionnaire based cross sectional study
Keywords:
knowledge, attitude, ovarian cancerAbstract
Background: Ovarian cancer is the 3th most common cancer among women in India and has a high death rate than any other gynecological cancer due to late diagnosis of disease. Knowledge regarding disease and early screening is effective for prevention. Aim: This study is designed to assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice towards ovarian cancer among general women. Methods: A questionnaire based Cross sectional study was conducted among 517 women. Information on their KAP towards ovarian cancer was collected using a pre-validated questionnaire. Result: Mean age of the participants was 35.5 + 9.3 years. Although 48.3% of participants reported to have heard of ovarian cancer. 59.6% of the participants did not have adequate knowledge regarding ovarian cancer. Almost 55.5% of the participants have negative attitude towards ovarian cancer. The knowledge score were significantly associated with age, marital status, occupation, education status, marital status. Conclusion: knowledge, attitude and practice related to ovarian cancer were low among the surveyed women. Health education should be implemented to improve level of knowledge among women.
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