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Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang

Introduction: Breast cancer is the commonest disease amongst women throughout the world and the second leading cause of women’s death. Since 2014, it was reported that approximately 5000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Malaysia. Adoption of mammography screening amongst Malaysi...

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Main Authors: Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah, Soo Foon, Moey
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Published: Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. 2018
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HM1001 Social psychology
HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure
HM831 Social change
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spelling my.iium.irep.686982019-01-08T08:08:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68698/ Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah Soo Foon, Moey HM1001 Social psychology HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure HM831 Social change Introduction: Breast cancer is the commonest disease amongst women throughout the world and the second leading cause of women’s death. Since 2014, it was reported that approximately 5000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Malaysia. Adoption of mammography screening amongst Malaysian women remains under-utilized because it depends on self-initiative of individuals. Amongst the perceived barriers are low knowledge, cost, embarrassment and pain which may then give a negative psychological aspect to health behavior actions. The study aims to determine the level of knowledge and perceived barriers pertaining to mammography amongst female lecturers in Kulliyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: A survey was carried out on female lecturers aged 35 years and above in KAHS, IIUM Kuantan. A self-administered questionnaire which consists of three sections; demographic factors, knowledge about breast cancer and perceived barriers pertaining to mammography were distributed to 30 respondents. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. Results: The mean age of respondents was 39.9 years old (SD ± 5.15). Majority of respondents possessed good knowledge of breast cancer. The perceived barriers pertaining to mammography amongst respondents were pain and the procedure is expensive. Conclusions: This study found that most female lecturers in KAHS, IIUM Kuantan possessed good knowledge of breast cancer but have fair knowledge pertaining to breast lumps and the best time for breast screening. The perceived barriers amongst respondents were pain and cost of the procedure. Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. 2018-12-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68698/1/68698_LEVEL%20OF%20KNOWLEDGE%20AND%20PERCEIVED%20BARRIERS_article.pdf Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah and Soo Foon, Moey (2018) Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences ( IJAHS ), 2 (2). pp. 319-328. http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/172
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topic HM1001 Social psychology
HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure
HM831 Social change
spellingShingle HM1001 Social psychology
HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure
HM831 Social change
Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah
Soo Foon, Moey
Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
description Introduction: Breast cancer is the commonest disease amongst women throughout the world and the second leading cause of women’s death. Since 2014, it was reported that approximately 5000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Malaysia. Adoption of mammography screening amongst Malaysian women remains under-utilized because it depends on self-initiative of individuals. Amongst the perceived barriers are low knowledge, cost, embarrassment and pain which may then give a negative psychological aspect to health behavior actions. The study aims to determine the level of knowledge and perceived barriers pertaining to mammography amongst female lecturers in Kulliyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: A survey was carried out on female lecturers aged 35 years and above in KAHS, IIUM Kuantan. A self-administered questionnaire which consists of three sections; demographic factors, knowledge about breast cancer and perceived barriers pertaining to mammography were distributed to 30 respondents. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. Results: The mean age of respondents was 39.9 years old (SD ± 5.15). Majority of respondents possessed good knowledge of breast cancer. The perceived barriers pertaining to mammography amongst respondents were pain and the procedure is expensive. Conclusions: This study found that most female lecturers in KAHS, IIUM Kuantan possessed good knowledge of breast cancer but have fair knowledge pertaining to breast lumps and the best time for breast screening. The perceived barriers amongst respondents were pain and cost of the procedure.
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author Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah
Soo Foon, Moey
author_facet Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah
Soo Foon, Moey
author_sort Burhanuddin, Fatin Amirah
title Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
title_short Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
title_full Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed Level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences ( KAHS ), IIUM, Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort level of knowledge and perceived barriers of mammography among female lecturers in kulliyyah of allied health sciences ( kahs ), iium, kuantan, pahang
publisher Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia.
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/68698/1/68698_LEVEL%20OF%20KNOWLEDGE%20AND%20PERCEIVED%20BARRIERS_article.pdf
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