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Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer
Background and Objectives: In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 9.9 million deaths from cancer, with a mortality rate of 10.65%. Early detection of cancer can decrease mortality and increase the chance of cure. In Saudi Arabia, multiple studies were performed for awareness and attit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9611391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36295561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101400 |
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author | Alghuson, Lolowah Alturki, Nora I. Alsulayhim, Allulu Saad Alsughayer, Luluh Y. Akkour, Khalid M. |
author_facet | Alghuson, Lolowah Alturki, Nora I. Alsulayhim, Allulu Saad Alsughayer, Luluh Y. Akkour, Khalid M. |
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description | Background and Objectives: In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 9.9 million deaths from cancer, with a mortality rate of 10.65%. Early detection of cancer can decrease mortality and increase the chance of cure. In Saudi Arabia, multiple studies were performed for awareness and attitudes toward cancer, but few studies evaluated the awareness of familial and inherited cancers. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational survey of the awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi women toward familial and inherited cancers. The estimated sample size was 385. Questionnaires were distributed through social media platforms from 1 January 2021 to 22 January 2021. Results: Of the 385 participants, the majority have a bachelor’s degree. More than half (68.9%) know that family history is related to cancer, and approximately 57.2% are aware of genetic testing. The most common indication of genetic testing is premarital testing (18.5%). An inverse relationship is noted between the awareness of familial and inherited cancers and age (p = 0.003, CI = 0.723–0.938). However, awareness of inherited and familial cancer is positively associated with awareness of the association of genetic mutation to cancer (p = 0.013, CI = 1.080–1.921) and knowledge about genetic testing (p > 0.000, CI = 2.487–8.426). Conclusions: Our results reveal that Saudi women, especially older adults, have suboptimal knowledge about inherited and familial cancers, and poor attitudes toward genetic screening. We recommend increasing public awareness regarding risk factors and screening for inherited and familial cancers. |
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spelling | pubmed-96113912022-10-28 Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer Alghuson, Lolowah Alturki, Nora I. Alsulayhim, Allulu Saad Alsughayer, Luluh Y. Akkour, Khalid M. Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 9.9 million deaths from cancer, with a mortality rate of 10.65%. Early detection of cancer can decrease mortality and increase the chance of cure. In Saudi Arabia, multiple studies were performed for awareness and attitudes toward cancer, but few studies evaluated the awareness of familial and inherited cancers. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational survey of the awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi women toward familial and inherited cancers. The estimated sample size was 385. Questionnaires were distributed through social media platforms from 1 January 2021 to 22 January 2021. Results: Of the 385 participants, the majority have a bachelor’s degree. More than half (68.9%) know that family history is related to cancer, and approximately 57.2% are aware of genetic testing. The most common indication of genetic testing is premarital testing (18.5%). An inverse relationship is noted between the awareness of familial and inherited cancers and age (p = 0.003, CI = 0.723–0.938). However, awareness of inherited and familial cancer is positively associated with awareness of the association of genetic mutation to cancer (p = 0.013, CI = 1.080–1.921) and knowledge about genetic testing (p > 0.000, CI = 2.487–8.426). Conclusions: Our results reveal that Saudi women, especially older adults, have suboptimal knowledge about inherited and familial cancers, and poor attitudes toward genetic screening. We recommend increasing public awareness regarding risk factors and screening for inherited and familial cancers. MDPI 2022-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9611391/ /pubmed/36295561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101400 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alghuson, Lolowah Alturki, Nora I. Alsulayhim, Allulu Saad Alsughayer, Luluh Y. Akkour, Khalid M. Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title | Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title_full | Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title_fullStr | Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title_short | Awareness, Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes towards Familial and Inherited Cancer |
title_sort | awareness, knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards familial and inherited cancer |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9611391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36295561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101400 |
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