Awareness of Breast Cancer Screening among the Medical and General Population of the North Region of Cameroon

Table 4

Associations between occupation, education, and breast cancer awareness.

Variables	Occupation ()					Total		Education ()				Total
	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5			E1	E2	E3	E4
Risk factors (, )
None	110	52	7	4	60	233	0.0001	61	61	96	15	233	0.0002
Hereditary	5	20	7	21	8	61	0.0001	1	4	40	16	61	0.0001
↑Use of pills	2	9	4	10	4	29	0.0001	0	2	18	9	29	0.0001
Alcohol/tobacco	7	28	1	16	7	59	0.0001	0	4	43	12	59	0.0001
Age	2	2	2	5	2	13	0.0002	0	2	8	3	13	0.116
Obesity	2	1	1	5	0	9	0.0001	0	2	4	3	9	0.080
↑Sun exposure	3	5	1	4	3	16	0.079	0	1	12	3	16	0.023
↓Breastfeeding	4	6	1	10	2	23	0.0001	0	1	17	5	23	0.001
↓Parity	2	2	0	2	1	7	0.306	0	1	5	1	7	0.433
Breast massage	4	23	4	13	4	48	0.0001	0	3	31	14	48	0.0001
Tight bra wearing	4	29	8	13	9	63	0.0001	0	4	46	13	63	0.0001
Symptoms (, )
None	87	19	1	1	62	170	0.0001	53	65	52	0	170	0.0001
Breast lump	40	77	22	34	35	208	0.0001	9	22	134	43	208	0.0001
Breast pain	52	60	14	23	23	172	0.0001	15	29	100	28	172	0.0001
Breast wound	42	22	7	13	32	116	0.289	20	28	53	15	116	0.602
Br. appearance	27	32	10	16	23	108	0.0002	7	16	68	17	108	0.0001
Nipple discharge	9	25	6	9	12	61	0.0001	3	7	42	9	61	0.0001
Screening awareness	77	81	22	37	33	270	;	25	47	154	44	270	;
Screening methods (; ) (; )
BSE^a	24	38	17	33	20	132	0.0001	6	15	74	37	132	0.0001
CBE^b	65	31	8	22	40	166	0.028	22	39	83	22	166	0.056
Mammography	16	33	11	25	16	101	0.0001	4	13	56	28	101	0.0001
Ultrasound	17	33	11	16	12	89	0.0001	4	11	54	20	89	0.0001

^aBreast self-examination; ^bclinical breast examination. O1 = housewife; O2 = student; O3 = officer; O4 = health professional; O5 = other informal sector; E1 = no formal education; E2 = primary school; E3 = secondary school; E4 = university; : ; ; .