800名沙特公民的癌症耻辱:一个跨部门研究和文献综述
Hanan A Albenayyan1, Renad AlSubaie1, Maryam O Alarfaj1
1Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, SAU.
Cureus
|December 21, 2023
概括
沙特阿拉伯的癌症污名一般很低,大多数人表现出极少的负面态度. 然而,对癌症严重程度的看法更高,年长的男性报告的耻辱感略高.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 与癌症相关的污名化是一个重要的公共卫生问题,尽管癌症治疗和生存方面取得了进展,但经常被忽视.
- 癌症污名的负担继续影响被诊断患有癌症的人,影响他们的生活质量.
研究的目的:
- 评估沙特阿拉伯人口中癌症污名的流行和性质.
- 使用癌症污名度量表 (CASS) 来衡量一般人群对癌症的态度.
主要方法:
- 对沙特阿拉伯的普通人口进行了一项横截面的在线调查.
- 数据包括社会人口统计信息 (年龄,性别,地区) 和癌症污名度量表 (CASS) 的反应.
主要成果:
- 在874名参与者中,97.1%的CASS得分低于2.5,这表明癌症的耻辱感一般很低.
- 癌症严重程度被认为是最高的耻辱成分 (平均2.23),而避免是最低的 (平均1.11).
- 随着年龄的增长,人们注意到耻辱感略有增加,男性报告的耻辱态度略高.
结论:
- 沙特阿拉伯的癌症污名主要较低,特定的污名成分存在显著差异.
- 对癌症严重程度的看法代表了耻辱的最重要的方面,而避免是最不重要的.
- 公共卫生干预应针对特定的人口结构,特别是老年人和男性,以有效地解决残留的污名化态度.
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