Author(s)

Carla Nadja Santos de Sousa¹, Cintia Mikaelle Cunha de Santiago², Cristianny Samara Miranda de Holanda³, Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho⁴, Jéssica Micaele Rebouças Justino⁵, Fátima Raquel Rosado Morais⁶

¹The Vale do Jaguaribe College, The State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Natal, Brazil.
²Doutoranda no Programa Bioquímica e Fisiologia da UFPE-PE, The State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Natal, Brazil.
³The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
⁴The Postgraduate Program in Nursing of the UFRN-RN, Health School, The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
⁵The State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Natal, Brazil.
⁶Health and Society of the State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics of women related to resistance to breast cancer. Methods: Cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, whose research took place in the Basic Family Health Units of the municipality of Mossoró. The study included 362 women aged between 40 and 69 years. One used a validated questionnaire with questions divided into five blocks. The data were entered in a spreadsheet, transferred to the SPSS software, and subsequently coded to perform the analysis. The Research Ethics Committee of the State University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Opinion No. 356958, approved the project. Results: Black women were two times more likely to be resistant when compared to white women (OR = 2.01, 95% CI = 1.12 - 3.69; p = 0.018). Women who have studied up to primary school 122 (58.1%) were two times more likely to be resistant when compared to those 14 (6.7%) who studied up to higher education (OR = 2.69; 95% CI = 1.31 - 5.48; p = 0.012). Women who had first-degree relatives with breast cancer 153 (72.9%) were three times more likely to be resistant. Conclusions: The findings show the need for investments in educational practices with a view to public awareness and professionals’ training to disseminate information regarding tests used in practice directed to women’s health.

Screening Programs, Breast Cancer, Health Services, Oncology Nursing

Santos de Sousa, C. , Cunha de Santiago, C. , Miranda de Holanda, C. , Leite de Carvalho, J. , Rebouças Justino, J. and Rosado Morais, F. (2016) Sociodemographic Characteristics Related to Resistance to Breast Cancer Screening. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 911-920. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.611088.