Lung Cancer Risk Perception Among Older Smokers: a Cross-sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorZarghami, Fatemehen
dc.contributor.authorAllahverdipour, Hamiden
dc.contributor.authorJafarabadi, Mohammad Asgharien
dc.contributor.departmentPopulation Health Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T12:27:43Zen
dc.date.available2021-08-04T12:27:43Zen
dc.date.issued2021-01-11en
dc.description.abstractBackground: Lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers around the world. Also, scientific evidence proves the considerably lower lung cancer risk perceptions of smokers compared to non-smokers. Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the risk perception of smokers about their risk to contract lung cancer and their perceptions about lung cancer survival. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data were collected from 215 smokers in Tabriz, Iran, between April 2019 and July 2019. The data collection tool was designed, using validated questionnaires and contained questions on the perceived risk of smokers to develop lung cancer and their perception of lung cancer survival. A general linear model was conducted to model the relationship of risk perception with underlying predictors considering a significance level of 0.1. Results: The results of modeling indicated that perceived susceptibility (P-Sus) was negatively related to "years smoked" in simple regression (B = -0.035, P = 0.069) and multiple regression (B = -0.069, P = 0.007). P-Sus was also negatively related to the variable "age" in the age category of 45 to 50 years (B = -1.981, P = 0.046). Moreover, perceived severity (P-Sev) was negatively related to the variable "sex" (B = -1.037, P = 0.068). The results of the Spearman correlation indicated significant and direct correlations between "quitting intention" and P-Sus (r = 0.296, P < 0.001), P-Sev (r = 0.162, P = 0.009). Conclusions: Lung cancer risk perception of participants was moderately above the average and significant correlations were observed between "quitting intention" and "P-Sus" and "P-Sev" and "Risk Perception score". This could be utilized in developing educational programs to promote awareness about lung cancer, especially for smokers.en
dc.description.notesThis study was supported by Iran's National Elites Foundation, Center for International Science and Technology Cooperation (CISTC).en
dc.description.sponsorshipIran's National Elites Foundation, Center for International Science and Technology Cooperation (CISTC)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5812/ijcm.100393en
dc.identifier.eissn2538-497Xen
dc.identifier.issn2538-4422en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.othere100393en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104568en
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectLung Canceren
dc.subjectSmokersen
dc.subjectRegression Analysisen
dc.subjectHealth Risk Behaviorsen
dc.titleLung Cancer Risk Perception Among Older Smokers: a Cross-sectional Studyen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Cancer Managementen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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