TY - JOUR
T1 - Awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, Northwest Ethiopia
AU - Bantie, Getasew Mulat
AU - Aynie, Amare Alamirew
AU - Gelaw, Yared Mulu
AU - Kasa, Ayele Semachew
AU - Alemayehu, Meron Asmamaw
AU - Tamirat, Koku Sisay
AU - Tsegaye, Gebiyaw Wudie
AU - Wassie, Gizachew Tadesse
AU - Kassa, Tigabu Birhan
AU - Dessie, Amanuel Addisu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Background Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Knowing the cancer risk factors could help the policy-makers to design appropriate preventive and control strategies. Objective To investigate the awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, northwest, 2019 Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was employed. A systematic random sampling technique was carried out to select 845 study participants from May 1 to June 30, 2019. A validated structured cancer awareness measuring tool was used to collect the data. The data were entered into the Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. A simple logistic regression was run, and AOR (adjusted odds ratio) at a 95% confidence interval was used to identify the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Results Nearly twenty percent of the respondents had a good awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. An orthodox Christian (AOR = 3. 2; 95%CI: 1.8, 5.6), college graduated (AOR = 2. 3; 95%CI:1.1, 4.9), a family member with cancer (AOR = 2. 0; 95%CI: 1.3, 3.3), and living in a rental house (AOR = 0. 6; 95%CI: 0.4, 0.9) were significantly associated with awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Conclusion The study revealed that awareness regarding risk factors of cancers was very low in the study area. Being Orthodox Christian, college graduated, a family member with cancer, and living in the rental house were the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers.
AB - Background Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Knowing the cancer risk factors could help the policy-makers to design appropriate preventive and control strategies. Objective To investigate the awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, northwest, 2019 Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was employed. A systematic random sampling technique was carried out to select 845 study participants from May 1 to June 30, 2019. A validated structured cancer awareness measuring tool was used to collect the data. The data were entered into the Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. A simple logistic regression was run, and AOR (adjusted odds ratio) at a 95% confidence interval was used to identify the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Results Nearly twenty percent of the respondents had a good awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. An orthodox Christian (AOR = 3. 2; 95%CI: 1.8, 5.6), college graduated (AOR = 2. 3; 95%CI:1.1, 4.9), a family member with cancer (AOR = 2. 0; 95%CI: 1.3, 3.3), and living in a rental house (AOR = 0. 6; 95%CI: 0.4, 0.9) were significantly associated with awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Conclusion The study revealed that awareness regarding risk factors of cancers was very low in the study area. Being Orthodox Christian, college graduated, a family member with cancer, and living in the rental house were the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0248520
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0248520
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C2 - 33891616
AN - SCOPUS:85104639821
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 16
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 4 April
M1 - e0248520
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