TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening among women in primary care settings
AU - Mahmoud, Samia Farouk
AU - Elezaby, Hanan Hassan
AU - Elsehrawy, Mohamed Gamal
AU - Bassam, Samah El Awady
AU - Elgazzar, Samia Eaid
AU - Salama, Tasneem Ragab Ahmed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025, Pakistan Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Objective: To explore barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening among women in primary care settings. Methodology: This descriptive study was done in May 2024 and involved a purposive sample of 234 women from outpatient-clinics at Beni-Suef University Hospitals. Interview for knowledge and practices of women regarding breast cancer screening, barriers to breast cancer screening and facilitators to breast cancer screening were used. Results: We found that 54.3% of women demonstrated good knowledge regarding breast cancer prevention. For physical activity, 71.8% engaged in correct practices. Practices related to Breast Self-Examination were correct for 76.5% of women. Overall, 55.6% reported good practices. Furthermore, 86.8% of women faced strong barriers to breast cancer screening. Only 11.1% of women had high awareness of facilitators to breast cancer screening. Conclusion: More than half of the women demonstrate good knowledge. Less than three-fifths reported good practices and a high percentage of women faced strong barriers to breast cancer screening.
AB - Objective: To explore barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening among women in primary care settings. Methodology: This descriptive study was done in May 2024 and involved a purposive sample of 234 women from outpatient-clinics at Beni-Suef University Hospitals. Interview for knowledge and practices of women regarding breast cancer screening, barriers to breast cancer screening and facilitators to breast cancer screening were used. Results: We found that 54.3% of women demonstrated good knowledge regarding breast cancer prevention. For physical activity, 71.8% engaged in correct practices. Practices related to Breast Self-Examination were correct for 76.5% of women. Overall, 55.6% reported good practices. Furthermore, 86.8% of women faced strong barriers to breast cancer screening. Only 11.1% of women had high awareness of facilitators to breast cancer screening. Conclusion: More than half of the women demonstrate good knowledge. Less than three-fifths reported good practices and a high percentage of women faced strong barriers to breast cancer screening.
KW - Barriers
KW - breast cancer
KW - facilitators
KW - screening
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=86000727126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5455/rmj.20241103030712
DO - 10.5455/rmj.20241103030712
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:86000727126
SN - 0303-5212
VL - 50
SP - 154
EP - 158
JO - Rawal Medical Journal
JF - Rawal Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -
