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| Importance of fatalism in understanding mammography screening in rural elderly women | | Author(s) | Rachel M Mayo, John R Ureda, Veronica G Parker |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 13, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 57-72 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Rural areas ; Cancer ; Screening ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between demographic factors and other correlates of fatalism, and assessed the impact of fatalistic beliefs on the participation in breast cancer screening in rural women. Subjects were 220 women aged 50+ recruited from 6 large rural counties in South Carolina, who were administered a demographic questionnaire and the revised Powe Fatalism Inventory (PFI). Results show significant associations between fatalism and increased age, race, doctor recommendation and decreased educational level. Fatalism was associated with non-compliance with mammography screening in univariate analysis among African-American women. After adjusting for possible confounders, fatalism was not significantly associated with non-compliance with screening. These results illustrate age, race and education may be important predictors of fatalism, and that fatalism may be one barrier that has previously gone unmeasured and unchallenged in understanding screening behaviour in older women. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010314211 A |
| Classmark | BD: RL: CK: 3V: DP: 3F: 7T |
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