评估美国普通人口对甲状腺癌的恐惧:一项跨部门研究
Stephanie R Taylor1, Alexander Chiu2, Ines Hoxha2
1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association
|December 20, 2023
概括
近一半的美国成年人担心甲状腺癌,尤其是年轻女性. 这种恐惧与潜在的过度治疗有关,强调需要对甲状腺癌风险和发病率进行准确的公众教育.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康心理学 心理健康心理学
背景情况:
- 甲状腺癌的发病率正在上升,但公众的感知和恐惧水平尚未得到充分理解.
- 对癌症的恐惧会影响健康决策,可能导致不必要的医疗干预.
- 了解甲状腺癌的患病率和恐惧驱动因素对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 测量美国一般人口对甲状腺癌的恐惧程度.
- 为了确定与高甲状腺癌恐惧相关的人口和心理因素.
- 探索恐惧与甲状腺癌潜在的过度治疗之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面在线调查,调查了1136名美国成年人,使用了适应的恐惧量表.
- 收集了有关甲状腺癌严重性,发病率和个人风险的人口统计数据和信念.
- 使用多变量逻辑回归分析来识别与高恐惧水平相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 47.5%的受访者报告了高水平的甲状腺癌特异性恐惧.
- 年龄较小 (<40岁) 和女性性别显著与更高的恐惧相关.
- 关于甲状腺癌的严重性,一般癌症的信念,以及过高估计的个人癌症风险与增加的恐惧相关.
结论:
- 美国成年人,特别是年轻女性中,对甲状腺癌的恐惧很普遍.
- 诸如感知到癌症的严重性和高估的发病率等因素有助于增加恐惧.
- 针对性地对甲状腺癌进行公众教育可能会减少恐惧,并减轻因"害怕决策"而导致的过度治疗.
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