Abstract:
Background
Cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. In Ethiopia, 5.8% of deaths
are attributed to cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the cancers preventive
practice and associated factors in North West Ethiopia, 2019.
Methods
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Bahir Dar city residents. A
multistage sampling technique was used to select 845 study participants. Data were collected through a validated interviewer administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was
adapted from the American cancer association cancer prevention toolkit. Descriptive statistics were computed and presented in charts and texts. The model fitness was checked
using Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit (P > 0.05). Bivariable and multivariable logistic
regressions were used to identify factors associated with cancer preventive practice. A pvalue < 0.2 at bivariate analysis was candidate variables for multivariable logistic regression
analysis. Finally, p-value of < 0.05 was considered as a statistically significant predictor for
cancer preventive practice at the 95% confidence interval.
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Citation: Bantie GM, Tamirat KS, Woya AA, Melese
AA, Ayalew AF, Wubetu GA, et al. (2022) Cancers
preventive practice and the determinants in
Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia. PLoS
ONE 17(5): e0267189. https://doi.org/10.1371/
journal.pone.0267189
Editor: Leeberk Raja Inbaraj, ICMR-National
Institute for Research in Tuberculosis: National
Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, INDIA
Received: April 27, 2021
Accepted: April 4, 2022
Published: May 19, 2022
Copyright: © 2022 Bantie et al. This is an open
access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original
author and source are credited.
Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are
within the paper and its Supporting Information
files.
Funding: The author(s) received no specific
funding for this work.
Competing interests: The authors have declared
that no competing interests exist.
Abbreviations: CAM, Cancer Awareness Measure;
CLD, Chronic Liver Disease; CT, Computed
