Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer among working women

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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women in the world. The age-standardised incident rate for breast cancer is of 39 per 100,000, which is twice that of cancer in the second position. In India, also breast cancer is becoming an increasing health problem. The study is aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness of risk factors associated with breast cancer. A questionnaire composed of 15 questions were circulated through an online platform google forms. The results were collected and data were analyzed using SPSS software. The awareness of breast cancer among working women comprising 75% aware and 25% not aware. The awareness about risk factors of breast cancer comprising 80% aware and 20% not aware. The percentage of the risk factor of breast cancer comprising 28% family history of breast cancer, 22% of advanced age, 9% obesity and 41% choose all the above. The overall awareness of all subgroups was fair reporting correct answers. The awareness among working women was moderate and more awareness should be created. This study concludes that awareness and measures have been taken towards risk factors of breast cancer.

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Vamshi Ram, V., Kavitha, S., Preetha, S., Vishnupriya, V., & Gayathri, R. (2020). Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer among working women. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 11(Special Issue 3), 817–823. https://doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11iSPL3.3028

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