Awareness Regarding Risk Factors and Determinants of Cancers Among Bahir Dar City Residents, Northwest Ethiopia

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2021 Apr 23

PMID 33891616

Citations 2

Authors

Getasew Mulat Bantie

Amare Alamirew Aynie

Yared Mulu Gelaw

Ayele Semachew Kasa

Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu

Koku Sisay Tamirat

Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye

Gizachew Tadesse Wassie

Tigabu Birhan Kassa

Amanuel Addisu Dessie

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Abstract

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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