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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 9, Issue 2, 2022
Mcmed International
Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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editorapjn@mcmed.us
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Abstract
Title
A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF CANCER AMONG CANCER PATIENT RELATIVES ADMITTED IN INTERNATIONAL CANCER CENTRE, NEYYOOR, KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT
Author
L.Josephine Sutha* and G.L. Abisha Bel
Email
josephinesutha81@gmail.com
keyword
Cancer, Modifiable risk factors, Knowledge.
Abstract
Cancer is considered as a chronic disease which requires ongoing management rather than a terminal or shot term illness. Normal mechanism of growth and proliferation are disturbed which result in distinctive morphologic alterations of the cell and aberration in tissue protein. The present study aim to assess the modifiable risk factors of cancer among patients admitted in Kanyakumari District. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge regarding modifiable risk factors of cancer among patient relatives and to find out the association between knowledge and selected demographic variable. The research design selected for this study was descriptive design convenient sampling technique used. The data were analyzed by inferential statistics. This study shows that 50% of the subject having poor knowledge, 35% of subject having moderate knowledge, and 15% of subject having adequate knowledge.
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