Research Article
Adherence to Recommended Breast Cancer Screening in Iranian Turkmen Women: The Role of Knowledge and Beliefs
Table 2
Age groups and breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Iranian Turkmen women.
| | Age group | Performed BSEa
(within last month) | Performed CBEb
(within last year) | Performed mammogramb
(within last year) | | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics | Yes % () | No % () | Statistics |
| | 30–39 | 83 (15.9) | 439 (84.1) |
,
| 32 (6.1) | 490 (93.9) |
,
| 4 (0.8) | 518 (99.2) |
,
| | 40–49 | 36 (14.5) | 213 (85.5) | 12 (4.8) | 237 (95.9) | 2 (0.8) | 247 (99.3) | | 50–59 | 19 (10.7) | 158 (89.3) | 2 (1.1) | 175 (98.9) | 3 (1.7) | 174 (98.3) | | ≥60 | 6 (4.5) | 126 (95.5) | 0 (0) | 132 (100) | 0 (0) | 132 (100) |
| | Total | 144 (13.3) | 936 (86.6) | | 46 (4.3) | 1034 (95.7) | | 9 (0.8) | 1071 (92.2) | |
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aWomen of 30 years of age and older.
bWomen of 40 years of age and older.
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