Lifestyle and cancer prevention in female employees at a health institution

Colombia Médica

Gladys Eugenia Canaval¹  María Neila Sánchez¹ 

关键词: Lifestyle;    Healthcare promotion;    Prevention;    Cancer;    Working women;    Healthcare institution;    Nursing care;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Universidad del Valle * Facultad de Salud / Universidad del Valle, Faculty of Health

【 摘 要 】

Objective:To establish the relationship between lifestyle for prevention of cervix and breast cancer and perceptual cognitive factors from the Pender model in working women.Materials and methods:Correlation and cross-sectional study with a random sample of 143 working women. The Lifestyle index is the total score of 5 variables: Papanicolau test, breast self-exam, physical activity, body mass index, and cigarette smoking.Results:The mean age for the sample was 44.4+6.2; 87% of the women had higher education and 85% were working in health care services. A total of 89% of the women had unhealthy lifestyles because of the lack of regular physical activity, not having a Papanicolau test according to the norm, not practicing breast self-exams, and having an altered body mass index. There was significant correlation between lifestyle and occupation, and also with self-efficacy perception for breast self-examination.Conclusion:The lifestyles for most of the women sampled were unhealthy. Recommendations: It is alsorecommend conducting culturally sensitive healthcare campaigns in addition tosetting up flexible attention schedules for women.

【 授权许可】

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