The Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of Women in Qom Toward Breast Cancer Screening Methods 2009

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and screening of this cancer is one of the best method for early diagnosis. Due to this study was not performed in Qom, this research is necessary. The aim was to determine the knowledge, attitude and behavior of women in Qom toward breast cancer screening methods 2009. This study was a descriptive-analytic. The samples consisted of 404 women, they were selected using convenient sampling method and exclusion criteria were history of breast. The assessment of knowledge, attitude and behavior of women in Qom toward breast cancer screening methods 2009 cancer in women and their family. Data were gathered by a questionnaire and were analyzed by SPSS software. The mean of age in this women was 30.25 years and the most of them were hoomy, married and diploma education. Their knowledge regarding the screening methods were moderate (61/9%). The attitudes regarding the implementation of screening methods were favorable (99/5%), BSE was not performed in 248 cases of upper than 20 years (64/9%), 311 cases (83/5%) had never referred for a CBE and 33 cases of upper than 40 years, 78/5% of them had no history of mammography. The results indicate a moderate level of knowledge about screening methods and a positive attitude towards them. However, most of the women do not practice screening methods that indicate attention to screening method is necessary.