Religious beliefs and breast cancer screening.

摘要: Background: The mechanisms underlying a reported tendency for women who hold strong religious beliefs to seek medical help at more advanced stages of breast cancer are unknown. This study investigates further the effect with other variables on screening and intended presentation self-discovered lump. Methods: included 682 eastern North Carolina aged 40 over were interviewed in their homes about cancer, screening, actions Results: Principal components factor analysis results suggested that majority believe God works through doctors cure cancer. We labeled this dimension "religious intervention treatment." A minority believed treatment was unnecessary because only could place first correlated ...