Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024

Ali Abdulaziz Albweady; Abdulhamid Mohammed Alfayyadh; Jana Mohammed Alfayyadh; Amjad Ibrahim Alrasheed; Lamis Ibrahim Alsulmi; Areen Mohammad Alhemedy; Shahad Saleh Aladwan

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Online Published: 13 Jan 2024

IJMDC. 2024; 8(3): 968-977

doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024

Ali Abdulaziz Albweady, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alfayyadh, Jana Mohammed Alfayyadh, Amjad Ibrahim Alrasheed, Lamis Ibrahim Alsulmi, Areen Mohammad Alhemedy, Shahad Saleh Aladwan.

Abstract
Objective:
To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer (BC) among women in Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia during 2023-2024.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted among women in the Al-Qassim region, of Saudi Arabia. Participants were selected through a simple random sampling technique. Then an online self-administered (Arabic version) consisted of five parts was used to collect the data.
Results:
The study included 384 women with different age categories (≤35 to≥ 56 years). Majority of the participants lived in urban areas (86.2%). Most of the participants had no health insurance coverage (79.4%) and had no family history of breast cancer (81.5%). Only 20.8% participants had experienced breast-related problems previously, and 8.1% participants were experiencing breast-related problems during the study period. The most common problems were breast pain (n=16, 50%) or lump (n=10, 31.3%). Most of the participants (95.6%) thought that breast cancer is curable in the early stage and the early detection of BC increases the cure rate (96.4%). Only 225 participants (58.6%) had heard about mammography previously.
Conclusion:
Among the study participants there was not adequate knowledge about breast cancer signs, symptoms, and risk factors. The knowledge about mammography was significantly associated with having previous breast problems, work status, the knowledge about breast cancer signs, symptoms, or risk factors, and the awareness that breast cancer is curable in early stage and early detection.

Key words: Knowledge, attitudes, practice, breast cancer, mammography.

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Albweady AA, Alfayyadh AM, Alfayyadh JM, Alrasheed AI, Alsulmi LI, Alhemedy AM, Aladwan SS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. IJMDC. 2024; 8(3): 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady AA, Alfayyadh AM, Alfayyadh JM, Alrasheed AI, Alsulmi LI, Alhemedy AM, Aladwan SS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=181140 [Access: March 17, 2025]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady AA, Alfayyadh AM, Alfayyadh JM, Alrasheed AI, Alsulmi LI, Alhemedy AM, Aladwan SS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. IJMDC. (2024), [cited March 17, 2025]; 8(3): 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady, A. A., Alfayyadh, . A. M., Alfayyadh, . J. M., Alrasheed, . A. I., Alsulmi, . L. I., Alhemedy, . A. M. & Aladwan, . S. S. (2024) Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. IJMDC, 8 (3), 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady, Ali Abdulaziz, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alfayyadh, Jana Mohammed Alfayyadh, Amjad Ibrahim Alrasheed, Lamis Ibrahim Alsulmi, Areen Mohammad Alhemedy, and Shahad Saleh Aladwan. 2024. Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 8 (3), 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady, Ali Abdulaziz, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alfayyadh, Jana Mohammed Alfayyadh, Amjad Ibrahim Alrasheed, Lamis Ibrahim Alsulmi, Areen Mohammad Alhemedy, and Shahad Saleh Aladwan. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 8 (2024), 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady, Ali Abdulaziz, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alfayyadh, Jana Mohammed Alfayyadh, Amjad Ibrahim Alrasheed, Lamis Ibrahim Alsulmi, Areen Mohammad Alhemedy, and Shahad Saleh Aladwan. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 8.3 (2024), 968-977. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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Albweady, A. A., Alfayyadh, . A. M., Alfayyadh, . J. M., Alrasheed, . A. I., Alsulmi, . L. I., Alhemedy, . A. M. & Aladwan, . S. S. (2024) Knowledge, attitude, and practice around breast cancer and mammography screening among women in Qassim region during 2023-2024. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 8 (3), 968-977. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1702417121

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