Factors Associated with Increased Knowledge about Breast Density in South Australian Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Screening
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2024
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Bhattacharjee, A.
Walsh, D.
Dasari, P.
Hodson, L.J.
Edwards, S.
White, S.J.
Turnbull, D.
Ingman, W.V.
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Cancers, 2024; 16(5):893-1-893-11
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Avisak Bhattacharjee, David Walsh, Pallave Dasari, Leigh J. Hodson, Suzanne Edwards, Sarah J. White, Deborah Turnbull, and Wendy V. Ingman
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Background: There is growing awareness of breast density in women attending breast cancer screening; however, it is unclear whether this awareness is associated with increased knowledge. This study aims to evaluate breast density knowledge among Australian women attending breast cancer screening. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on women undergoing breast cancer screening at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Breast/Endocrine outpatient department. Participants were provided with a questionnaire to assess knowledge, awareness, and desire to know their own breast density. Result: Of the 350 women who participated, 61% were familiar with ‘breast density’ and 57% had ‘some knowledge’. Prior breast density notification (OR = 4.99, 95% CI = 2.76, 9.03; p = 0.004), awareness (OR = 4.05, 95% CI = 2.57, 6.39; p = 0.004), younger age (OR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.96, 0.99; p = 0.02), and English as the language spoken at home (OR = 3.29, 95% CI = 1.23, 8.77; p = 0.02) were independent predictors of ‘some knowledge’ of breast density. A significant proportion of participants (82%) expressed desire to ascertain their individual breast density. Conclusions: While knowledge of breast density in this Australian cohort is generally quite low, we have identified factors associated with increased knowledge. Further research is required to determine optimal interventions to increase breast density knowledge.
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© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).