Knowledge and awareness toward breast cancer prevention program among students at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health

Cilj istraživanja: Ispitati znanja i osviještenost studenata o programu prevencije karcinoma dojke. Ispitati jesu li studenti upoznati s pojmom karcinoma dojke, rizičnim čimbenicima i preventivnim metodama. Ispitati postoje li razlike u znanju i osviještenosti studenata ovisno o studijskom programu. Nacrt studije: Istraživanje je provedeno kao presječna studija. Ispitanici i metode: U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 186 studenata studija sestrinstva, fizioterapije i dentalne medicine na Fakultetu za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo. Istraživanjem su obuhvaćeni studenti svih studijskih godina. Kao mjerni instrument korišten je anonimni online anketni upitnik kreiran u svrhu provedbe istraživanja. Anketni upitnik sastavljen je u četiri dijela. Anketnim upitnikom ispitivali su se opći podaci o ispitanicima, znanja o rizičnim čimbenicima, simptomima i znakovima karcinoma dojke, preventivnim metodama te mišljenja studenata o važnosti provedbe i primjene preventivnih metoda. Za statističku obradu rezultata korišteni su statistički programi IBM SPSS Statistics, verzija; 2017) i JASP, verzija 0.17.2.1. Rezultati: Najveći broj točnih odgovora o rizičnim čimbenicima dali su studenti sestrinstva. Rezultati poznavanja preventivnih metoda su relativno zadovoljavajući. Značajna razlika u ispitivanju dobivena je kod slaganja s tvrdnjom da su informacije, odnosno edukacija o karcinomu dojke i preventivnim metodama obuhvaćene u programu studiranja. Zaključak: Studenti su učili i stekli znanja o mjerama prevencije karcinoma dojke na što nam ukazuju rezultati istraživanja gdje je više od polovice ispitanika odgovorilo da ih je najviše steklo u školi/ na fakultetu, no ipak najveću razinu znanja pokazuju studenti sestrinstva te zatim studenti fizioterapije i dentalne medicine.Objectives: To examine student's knowledge and awareness about breast cancer prevention programme. To examine if students are familiar with breast cancer, risk factors and preventive methods. To see if there are differences in the knowledge and awareness of students depending on the study programme. Study design: The study was conducted as a cross-sectional study. Participants and Methods: The study was conducted 186 students studying Nursing, Physiotherapy and Dental Medicine at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health. The study included students of all study years. An anonymous online questionnaire, created specifically for this study, was used as the measuring instrument. The questionnaire was composed of four parts. It examined general information about the participants, knowledge about risk factors, symptoms and signs of breast cancer, preventive methods, and students' opinions about the importance of implementation and application of preventive methods. For statistical analysis of the results were used statistical programs IBM SPSS Statistics (version; 2017) and JASP (version 0.17.2.1.). Results: The highest number of correct answers about risk factors were given by nursing students. The results of knowledge of preventive methods are relatively satisfactory. A significant difference in responses was observed regarding agreement with the statement that information or education about breast cancer and preventive methods is included in the curriculum. Conclusion: The research results indicate that students have learned and gained knowledge about prevention methods of breast cancer. More than half of the participants answered that they have gained the most knowledge at school or at the university. The highest level of knowledge was shown by nursing students, followed by physiotherapy and dental medicine students