Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 2687-2145 Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi 10.46413/boneyusbad.1852268 Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Meme Kanseri Risk Düzeylerine Göre Önleme Davranışlarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin Değerlendirilmesi Evaluation of Factors Affecting Prevention Behaviors According to Breast Cancer Risk Levels https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-8894 Turan Zeliha HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4322-1714 Akcan Kübra SIRNAK UNIVERSITY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2453-8310 Kabalcioglu Bucak Feray HARRAN UNIVERSITY 04 27 2026 8 1 222 231 12 30 2025 04 05 2026 Copyright © 2019, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 2019 Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, kadınların meme kanseri risk düzeylerine göre önleme davranışlarını etkileyen faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi ve önleme davranışlarının risk düzeyine göre farklılık gösterip göstermediğini incelemek amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel çalışma, Kasım 2024 ile Nisan 2025 tarihleri arasında bir devlet hastanesi'nde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya 25-69 yaş arası toplam 344 kadın dahil edilmiştir. Veriler, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Kadınların Meme Kanseri Önleme Davranışlarını Etkileyen Faktörleri Belirleme Ölçeği ve Meme Kanseri Risk Değerlendirme Formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veriler, Mann Whitney U testi, Kruskal Wallis testi ve Dunn–Bonferroni post-hoc testleri kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir.Bulgular: Katılımcıların meme kanseri önleme davranışlarını etkileyen faktörleri belirleme ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 99.67 ± 17.99, meme kanseri risk düzeyi ortalaması ise 128.11 ± 79.10 olarak bulunmuştur. Katılımcıların büyük çoğunluğu (%93) meme kanseri açısından düşük risk grubunda yer almıştır. Eğitim düzeyi, yaşanılan yer, kendi kendine meme muayenesi eğitimi alma, mamografi/meme USG sıklığını bilme ve mamografi/meme USG yaptırmanın meme kanseri önleme davranışlarını etkileyen faktörleri belirleme ölçeği toplam puanı üzerinde anlamlı etkisinin olduğu belirlenmiştir (p

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting women's prevention behaviors according to their breast cancer risk levels and to examine whether prevention behaviors differ by risk level.Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a state hospital between November 2024 and April 2025. A total of 344 women aged 25-69 years were included in the study. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Scale to Determine Factors Affecting Women’s Breast Cancer Prevention Behaviors, and the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Form. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test, and Dunn–Bonferroni post-hoc tests.Results: The total mean score of the scale factors affecting participants' breast cancer prevention behaviors was 99.67 ± 17.99, and the mean breast cancer risk level was 128.11 ± 79.10. Most participants (93%) were in the low-risk group for breast cancer. Level of education, place of residence, receiving breast self-examination training, knowing the frequency of mammography/breast ultrasound, and having mammography/breast ultrasound had a significant effect on the total score of the scale for determining the factors affecting breast cancer prevention behaviors (p

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