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Chang, S., Peñafiel, J. (2018). Determinantes sociales asociados con la realización de mamografías bienales en mujeres de 50 a 59 años en Perú, 2015 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624977
Chang, S., Peñafiel, J. Determinantes sociales asociados con la realización de mamografías bienales en mujeres de 50 a 59 años en Perú, 2015 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624977
@misc{renati/367641,
title = "Determinantes sociales asociados con la realización de mamografías bienales en mujeres de 50 a 59 años en Perú, 2015",
author = "Peñafiel Sam, Joshua Adolfo",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2018"
}
Introduction: Breast cancer is a disease of great incidence and mortality in the world. Early identification, through mammography, could reduce its mortality. The objective of this study is to identify the social determinants associated with mammography in the last two years in women aged 50 to 59 years in Peru. Material and methods: Cross-sectional analytical study of the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) 2015 of Peru. The mammography was measured with the self-report of the survey. The survey asked about mammography in the last two years (yes vs no). We calculated prevalence ratios as a measure of association (with a confidence interval of 95%), using the generalized linear models of the Poisson family. All analyzes considered the complex nature of the sample. Results: We evaluated a final sample of 1808 women. The average age was 54 years (d.e: 2.5 years). We found a prevalence of 21.9% [95% CI: 18.9 to 25.1] of women who reported having undergone mammography less than two years ago. The higher the socioeconomic position, the higher the prevalence of screening (3.2% vs 41.4% in extreme quintiles of the socioeconomic level, p <0.001). In the adjusted models, we found that a higher socioeconomic level (PR: 5.81, 95% CI: 2.28 to 14.79), the level of higher education (PR: 2.03, IC95%: 1.30 a 3,15), found to be insured by MINSA (RP: 2.21, IC95%: 1.28 to 3.82), EsSalud (RP: 4.37, IC95%: 2.67 to 7.15), were associated with the realization of this screening. Conclusion: The realization of mammography is associated with various sociocultural factors such as the level of education, socioeconomic level and being insured. It is urgent to initiate social and health policies to eliminate inequalities.
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