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Female

n= 289

Male

n= 557

P value

Wither Cancer patient should know about his disease

- Yes 252 (87.2) 455 (81.7) P = .009**

- No 32 (11.1) 70 (12.6)

- Doesn't not know 5 (1.7) 32 (5.7)

Wither Cancer patient should recive

Chemotherapy 1.5 (36.3) 175 (31.4) P =.14

Radiotherapy 1 (.3) 17 (3.1)

Surgery 11 (3.8) 37 (6.6)

All modality 172 (59.5) 328 (58.9)

Wither Cancer patient should receive

alternative treatment

- Yes 160 (55.4) 327 (58.7) P = .089

- No 21 (7.3) 61 (11)

- Not sure 108 (37.7) 169 (30.3)

Do you believe Cancer could be treated

Doesn't not know 78 (27) 142 (25.5) P= .841

Never 15 (5.2) 36 (6.5)

Can be 143 (49.5) 282 (50.6)

Sometime 53 (18.3) 97 (17.4) W

Introduction Cancer is a major public health problem, with

significant associated death and disability. It is the

second leading cause of death in developed countries and

is one of the three leading causes of death for adults in

developing countries. Currently the major problems

facing low- and medium countries are the growth and

ageing of the population and the westernization of their

lifestyle. That’s why the role of cancer prevention

program in these countries are critical . However, In

order to develop successful preventive program the

knowledge about caner and awareness about early

symptoms need to be high. In addition their should be

positive attitude toward screening program .

Objective

To assess the perception and attitude of the

general population toward cancer treatment and to

evaluate other factors regarding cancer.

Material and method A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted

among healthy subjects attending cancer clinic with their

relative at king abdulaziz university hospital.

Result Conclusion This study showed that participants had a deficient

perception and poor attitude about important issues

concerning cancer. Prevention education strategies

should consider targeted approaches that aim to reduce

disparities in cancer perception among the general

population by increasing the awareness about cancer

which will lead to early diagnosis of the disease and

better outcomes.

Acknowledgment I would like to the medical students and house officer who

help me to complete the interview and fill up the

questionnaires with great appreciation to all the precipitant

for spare some of their time to be able to get this

questionnaire filled up may and special thanks to funding

resources: scientific chair of gynecological tumors

Prof. Abdullah Basalamah.

Khalid Sait , Basem Eldeek , Jawher Al Ahmadi , Maha Al Attas , Hesham Sait,

Nisrin Anfinan

Knowledge , Perception And Attitude Toward Cancer Among Healthy Population In

West Region Of Saudi Arabia

Variables N %

Nationality

Saudi 687 (81.2)

None Saudi 159 (18.8)

Age

Men± SD 31.51±13.2

Range (15 - 88)

Marital Status

Married 319 (37.7)

Single 486 (57.4)

Widow 14 (1.7)

Divorced 16 (1.8)

Education

Illiterate 59 (6.9)

Primary 34 (4.02)

Preparatory 17 (2.1)

Secondary 126 (14.9)

University 610 (72.1)

Gender

Female 580 (68.5)

Male 266 (31.4)

Variables N %

Cause Of Cancer

1. Doesn't Know 140 (14.2)

2. Inflammation 140 (14.2)

3. Environment 296 (30.1)

4. Diet 264 (26.9)

5. Genetic 441 (44.9)

6. Stress 167 (17)

7. Sad 126 (12.8)

8. Envy 264 (26.9)

9. Black magic 173 (17.6)

10. Other 264 (26.9)

Table (2): Knowledge about Cause of Cancer

Table (3): Perception of healthy population about some

concepts of cancer according to gender

Table (4): Attitude of healthy population toward

cancer diagnosis and knowledge .

Recommendation Further studies are needed to assess cancer knowledge

and behavioral risk factors, health education campaign

are needed to raise the awareness about risk factors and

prevention of cancer among general population.

Patient With Cancer

Genital

Female

n= 289

Male

n= 557

Test of

Sig

Should patient with genital cancer hide his/ her disease

- Yes 38 (13.1) 78 (14) P= .93

- No 224 (77.5) 426 (76.5)

- Not sure 27 (9.3) 53 (9.5)

Should patients with non genital cancer hide his /her

diseae

- Yes 30 (10.4) 53 (9.5) P= .76

- No 232 (80.3) 444 (79.4)

- Not sure 27 (9.3) 60 (10.8)

Health education enough

- Yes 173 (59.9) 391 (70.2) P= .004**

- No 113 (39.1) 156 (28)

- I’am not sure 13 (1) 10 (1.8)

You need more knowledge about cancer

-Yes 142 (49.1) 235 (42.2) P=.032*

Knowledge about alternative treatment

- Yes 201 (69.6) 433 (77.7) P= .006**

You need more knowledge about alternative treatment

- Yes 130 (45) 232 (41.7) P= .196

• Total 900 participate were approached, 836 of them

agreed to in the study with respond rate of 92.9%.

Statistical analysis The data were collected and entered into a study

database for analysis (SSP v.20).

The statistical analysis:

• The quantitative were presented in the form of number

and percentage.

• Chi-square test was used for comparisons of

quantitative data.

• Yates correction was applied when the expected cell

less than 5.

• The quantitative data were presented in the form of

mean and standard deviation.

• Student t test was used for comparisons Of quantitative

data.

• Significance was considered when p value < 0.05

Questionnaire Nationality:

Age:

Marital Status:

Level of Education: literate

Elementary

Secondary

Collage

Sex: ○ male ○ female

______________________________________________

Anybody in family diagnosis with cancer

○ Yes ○ No

Was you diagnose with cancer her / himself

○ Yes ○ No

Type

What do you think, why cancer happen:

I don’t know

Unknown

infectious

Environmental

Nutritional

Hereditary

Others ( e.g. stress)

1-Do you think that cancer patients should know his

illness?

○ Yes ○ No ○ Not sure

2-Do you think that cancer patients must accept if

treatment is offered ?

○ Chemotherapy ○ Surgical treatment ○All

3-Do you think that cancer patients should consider the

use of alternative therapy?

○ Yes ○ No ○ Not sure

4-Do you think cancer can be cure

○I don’t know ○never curable ○it can be ○ partially

5-do you think cancer patients should hide there illness

○ Yes ○ No ○ Not sure

6- Do you think health education for cancer is enough

○ Yes ○ No ○ Not sure

sure

7-Do you want to get more information about alternative

therapy

○ Yes ○ No ○ Not sure

Table (1): Demographic Characters of the Studied

population