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JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
卷 29, 期 4, 页码 327-334出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-006-9059-2
关键词
delay in seeking consultation; breast symptoms; public sector settings; psychosocial predictors
We examined demographic, medical and psychosocial factors related to delay in seeking medical consultation for breast symptoms. In this cross-sectional survey, 124 women with breast symptoms attending an outpatient breast surgery clinic in a county general hospital completed questionnaires measuring demographic, medical and psychosocial variables. Our outcome variable was delay in seeking medical consultation. Younger age (p <= 0.05), less education (p <= 0.01), absence of a lump (p <= 0.05), lower perceived risk (p <= 0.001), less spirituality (p <= 0.01), cost (p <= 0.001) and not wanting to think about breast symptom(s) (p <= 0.05) were related to delay. Multivariate analyses showed absence of a breast lump by education interaction (p <= 0.05), risk perception (p <= 0.001), spirituality (p <= 0.01) and cost (p <= .001) collectively accounted for 38.4% of the variance in delay. Health promotion programs targeting low-income populations should emphasize the importance of breast symptoms other than lumps, especially to younger and less educated women.
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