Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM

Ovarian Cancer is known as the fourth leading cancer in Malaysia. A cross sectional study was conducted on 110 women attending clinic in Hospital USM. The general objective of the study was to determine the knowledge level of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic i...

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Main Author:	Hashim, Norhazliana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/50528/1/Norhazliana%20Hashim-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.505282022-05-24T00:30:30Z Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM 2020-06 Hashim, Norhazliana R Medicine Ovarian Cancer is known as the fourth leading cancer in Malaysia. A cross sectional study was conducted on 110 women attending clinic in Hospital USM. The general objective of the study was to determine the knowledge level of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM. Respondents were recruited using a non-probability purposive sampling method. Demographic data of the respondents was analysed using descriptive statistic. Descriptive statistic was also used to determine the level of knowledge of ovarian cancer among women attending clinic in Hospital USM. A validated questionnaire was given to all respondent that fit the inclusion criteria Pearson’s Chi Square test was applied to study the relationship between level of knowledge on ovarian cancer with selected factors (age, marital status, educational level, hear/read about ovarian cancer, interest to know about ovarian cancer, has family history of ovarian cancer, had discuss about ovarian cancer with doctor). The findings of this study show that majority of women has low knowledge on ovarian cancer. In this study, there is no statistically significant relationship between selected factors (age, marital status, educational level, hear/read about ovarian cancer, interest to know about ovarian cancer, had family history of ovarian cancer, had discuss about ovarian cancer with doctor) with knowledge level of ovarian cancer. By increasing knowledge on ovarian cancer among women might help in reducing the mortality rate among women. 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/50528/ http://eprints.usm.my/50528/1/Norhazliana%20Hashim-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
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spellingShingle	R Medicine Hashim, Norhazliana Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
description	Ovarian Cancer is known as the fourth leading cancer in Malaysia. A cross sectional study was conducted on 110 women attending clinic in Hospital USM. The general objective of the study was to determine the knowledge level of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM. Respondents were recruited using a non-probability purposive sampling method. Demographic data of the respondents was analysed using descriptive statistic. Descriptive statistic was also used to determine the level of knowledge of ovarian cancer among women attending clinic in Hospital USM. A validated questionnaire was given to all respondent that fit the inclusion criteria Pearson’s Chi Square test was applied to study the relationship between level of knowledge on ovarian cancer with selected factors (age, marital status, educational level, hear/read about ovarian cancer, interest to know about ovarian cancer, has family history of ovarian cancer, had discuss about ovarian cancer with doctor). The findings of this study show that majority of women has low knowledge on ovarian cancer. In this study, there is no statistically significant relationship between selected factors (age, marital status, educational level, hear/read about ovarian cancer, interest to know about ovarian cancer, had family history of ovarian cancer, had discuss about ovarian cancer with doctor) with knowledge level of ovarian cancer. By increasing knowledge on ovarian cancer among women might help in reducing the mortality rate among women.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hashim, Norhazliana
author_facet	Hashim, Norhazliana
author_sort	Hashim, Norhazliana
title	Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
title_short	Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
title_full	Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
title_fullStr	Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM
title_sort	knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in hospital usm
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/50528/1/Norhazliana%20Hashim-24%20pages.pdf
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Knowledge of ovarian cancer and its determinants factors among women attending clinic in Hospital USM

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