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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria
BMC Public Health, Volume 13, No. 1, Article 40, Year 2013
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Background: Mammography has been used in developed countries with considerable success but very little is known about this imaging modality in low resource settings. This study examined the level of awareness of mammography and determined factors influencing the level of awareness. Methods. We conducted a hospital based cross sectional study to investigate the level of awareness of mammography among 818 randomly selected women attending the General Outpatient clinics (GOP) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria. Independent predictors of level of awareness of mammography were identified using multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The proportion of women who ever heard of mammography was 5%, and they demonstrated poor knowledge of the procedure. Those with primary or secondary levels of education were about three times less likely to be aware of mammography when compared with those with tertiary level of education (OR = 0.3, 95% CI, 0.12 - 0.73). Also, participation in community breast cancer prevention activities (OR = 3.4, 95% CI, 1.39 - 8.36), and previous clinical breast examination (OR = 2.34, 95% CI, 1.10 - 4.96) independently predicted mammography awareness. Newspapers and magazines appeared to be the most important sources of information about mammography screening. Conclusion: The level of awareness of mammography is poor among women attending outpatient clinics in the studied population. Interventions promoting awareness of this screening procedure should give particular attention to the illiterate and older women while clinicians performing breast examinations should utilize the opportunity to inform women about the mammography procedure. Promotion of educational articles on breast cancer and its screening methods via media remains vital for the literate. © 2013 Obajimi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Obajimi, Millicent Olubunmi
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Ajayi, I. O.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Oluwasola, Abideen Olayiwola
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Adedokun, Babatunde Olubayo
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Adenike Temitayo
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Mosuro, Olushola A.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Akingbola, Titilola Stella
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Bassey, Oku Sunday
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Umeh, Eric Okechukwu
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Soyemi, Temitope O.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Adegoke, Folasade A.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Ogungbade, Idiat
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Ukaigwe, Chinwe
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Olopade, Olufunmilayo Ibironke
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-13-40
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Nigeria
Participants Gender
Female