Application of the Champion Health Belief Model to determine beliefs and behaviors of Turkish women academicians regarding breast cancer screening: A cross sectional descriptive study

Table 1 Sociodemographic variables and lifestyle behaviors of academicians

Variables	Number	Percent
Age (Mean ± SD)		36.1 ± 0.53
Under 30	45	22.5
30–40	103	51.5
41 and above	52	26
Marital status
Married	114	57
Single	72	36
Divorced	14	7
School
Health field	135	67.5
Outside the health area	65	32.5
Title
Research assistant	73	36.5
Lecturer	43	21.5
Assistant Professor	59	29.5
Associate Professor	18	9
Professor	6	3
Family Type
Nuclear family	180	90
Extended family	16	8
Single parent family	4	2
Income level
More than expenses	109	54.5
Equal to expenses	85	42.5
Less than expenses	6	3
Active Smoking
Yes	54	27
No	146	73
Current Alcohol intake
Yes	95	47.5
No	105	52.5
Exercise
Regular	17	8.5
Sometimes	120	60
No	63	31.5
Chronic Disease
Yes	40	20
No	160	80
Mental ilness
Yes	26	13
No	174	87
Giving Birth
Yes	103	51.5
No	97	48.5
BC screening in the last 6 months (BSE/CBE/Mammography)
Yes	67	33.5
No	133	66.5
Regular performance of BSE
No	83	41.5
No	117	58.5
Have you ever had a CBE?
Yes	97	48.5
No	103	51.5
Have you ever taken mammography?
Yes	67	33.5
No	133	66.5
History of BC in first-degree relatives
Yes	14	7
No	186	93
Body type
Slim	53	26.5
Normal	124	62
Overweight	23	11.5
Stress control
I get angry	48	24
I control my stress	128	64
I ignore stress	24	12
Health assessment
Very good	26
Good	106	13
Normal	65	53
Poor	3	32.5
Eating habit		1.5
Normal	107
Junk food	77	53.5
Abnormal	16	38.5
Sleeping habit		8
Regular	99
Some nights a few hours	64	49.5
Irregular	37	32
Irregular		18.5
Total	200	100

^*BC Breast Cancer, BSE Breast Self Examination, CBE Clinical Breast Examination

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