The effect of women’s breast cancer fear and social support perceptions on the process of participating in screening   
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Doç. Dr. Aygül KISSAL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Birgül VURAL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fatma Ersin
Harran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuğba SOLMAZ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Global Health Promotion
Dergi ISSN 1757-9759 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2018
Cilt No 25
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 52 / 59
DOI Numarası 10.1177/1757975916677174
Makale Linki http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1757975916677174
Özet
IntroductionSocial support and fear have been shown to be important factors affecting women’s participation in breast cancer screening. This study aimed to determine the effect of women’s perceived breast cancer fear and social support on participating in the breast cancer screening process, and to investigate the relationship between the perception of breast cancer fear and social support.MethodsThis is a descriptive study, carried out in a state hospital on 198 women. The data were collected through a Socio-Demographic Data Form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and Breast Cancer Fear Scale (BCFS) by the researchers by means of face-to-face interview.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference between the women’s perceptions of social support and breast cancer fear and screening behaviors (p > 0.05). It was found that the mean BCFS score of those who had a …
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