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| Title |
Knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian women towards breast cancer: A cross-sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, February 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7819-4-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael N Okobia, Clareann H Bunker, Friday E Okonofua, Usifo Osime |
| Abstract |
Late presentation of patients at advanced stages when little or no benefit can be derived from any form of therapy is the hallmark of breast cancer in Nigerian women. Recent global cancer statistics indicate rising global incidence of breast cancer and the increase is occurring at a faster rate in populations of the developing countries that hitherto enjoyed low incidence of the disease. Worried by this prevailing situation and with recent data suggesting that health behavior may be influenced by level of awareness about breast cancer, a cross-sectional study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of community-dwelling women in Nigeria towards breast cancer. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 505 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1% |
| Ethiopia | 2 | <1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Nepal | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 487 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 83 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 78 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 52 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 7% |
| Researcher | 34 | 7% |
| Other | 76 | 15% |
| Unknown | 145 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 161 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 67 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 27 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 2% |
| Other | 57 | 11% |
| Unknown | 158 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2012.
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#2
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