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Determining Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Cancer Screening And Their Influential Factors, Emre Erkal
Determining Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Cancer Screening And Their Influential Factors, Emre Erkal
Makara Journal of Health Research
Background: Cancer screenings are of great importance for the early detection of cancer. The goal of this study is to determine the attitudes of individuals toward cancer screening and the factors affecting these attitudes.
Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study comprised 1059 participants who were living in Turkey. The participants were recruited through the snowball sampling method between December 6 and 24, 2021. The Individual Self-Assessment Form and Attitude Scale for Cancer Screening were used to collect data. The data were analyzed by using independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation analysis.
Results: The mean score of …