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| Title |
Influences on anticipated time to ovarian cancer symptom presentation in women at increased risk compared to population risk of ovarian cancer
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-017-3835-y |
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| Authors |
Stephanie Smits, Jacky Boivin, Usha Menon, Kate Brain |
| Abstract |
In the absence of routine ovarian cancer screening, promoting help-seeking in response to ovarian symptoms is a potential route to early diagnosis. The factors influencing women's anticipated time to presentation with potential ovarian cancer symptoms were examined. Cross-sectional questionnaires were completed by a sample of women at increased familial risk (n = 283) and population risk (n = 1043) for ovarian cancer. Measures included demographic characteristics, symptom knowledge, anticipated time to symptom presentation, and health beliefs (perceived susceptibility, worry, perceived threat, confidence in symptom detection, benefits and barriers to presentation). Structural equation modelling was used to identify determinants of anticipated time to symptomatic presentation in both groups. Associations between health beliefs and anticipated symptom presentation differed according to risk group. In increased risk women, high perceived susceptibility (r = .35***), ovarian cancer worry (r = .98**), perceived threat (r = -.18**), confidence (r = .16**) and perceiving more benefits than barriers to presentation (r = -.34**), were statistically significant in determining earlier anticipated presentation. The pattern was the same for population risk women, except ovarian cancer worry (r = .36) and perceived threat (r = -.03) were not statistically significant determinants. Associations between underlying health beliefs and anticipated presentation differed according to risk group. Women at population risk had higher symptom knowledge and anticipated presenting in shorter time frames than the increased risk sample. The cancer worry component of perceived threat was a unique predictor in the increased risk group. In increased risk women, the worry component of perceived threat may be more influential than susceptibility aspects in influencing early presentation behaviour, highlighting the need for ovarian symptom awareness interventions with tailored content to minimise cancer-related worry in this population. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 54% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 6 | 46% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 31% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 29 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 10% |
| Professor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 7 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 23 April 2018.
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#4,248,714
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#83,816
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#28
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