Cancers preventive practice and the determinants in Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia

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. PLOS ONE PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267189 May 19, 2022 1 / 11 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 OPEN ACCESS 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