澳門某醫院就診婦女對乳癌的認知狀況

Knowledge about Breast Cancer of Women Patients in Hospital in Macau

郭瑛(Ying Guo) ； 董振慶(Chan-Heng Tong) ； 廖紅霞(Hong-Xia Liao) ； 劉麗波(Lai-Po Lao) ； 胡笑霞(Sydney Xiao X. Hu)

《澳門護理雜誌》 9卷2期 (2010/12) Pp. 8-10

摘要

目的：描述澳門某醫院婦科就診婦女對乳癌疾病的認知狀況及乳癌篩查措施的認知狀況。方法：從澳門某醫院婦科及住院部就診婦女中方便抽樣179人，以結構式問卷做研究工具。結果：就診婦女對乳癌疾病認知的答對率不足50%，其中瞭解早期症狀和高危因素的正確率只有37%及23%。對乳腺癌篩檢的答對率為71%，不同婚姻狀況、職業、家庭收入、身邊的人有無得乳癌的受訪者對乳癌篩檢的認知有差異。結論：本澳某醫院婦產科就診婦女乳癌疾病認知情況偏低，建議政府及醫療機構加提供乳癌疾病方面的知識。

關鍵字

婦女 ； 乳癌 ； 認知

並列摘要

Objective: To investigate women patients' knowledge of breast cancer in a hospital in Macau. Method: A convenience sample of 179 women were chosen at departments of obstetrics and gynecology and data collected using a structured questionnaire. Result: the ratio of answering correctly the questions on knowledge of breast cancer was less than 50%, amongst whom, only 37% knew well of the early symptoms and 23% of the risk factors Their knowledge of breast cancer screening varied according to the differences in marriage status, career, family income, and whether people around had ever had breast cancer. Conclusion: The women patients had low cognition of breast cancer. It is suggested that the government and medical organisations should strengthen the education on breast diseases.

並列關鍵字

women ； breast cancer ； knowledge