This study was conducted because of the investigator´s concern for the high incidence and fatal nature of cancer in prime years of human life.
The purpose of this study was to investigate risk factors on compliance for preventive health behavior of cancer.
The data on which the analysis was based come from a survey of 828 married men women, 40-59 years old.
The instrument of the study were `Health Belief Model´ by Becker. The Data was analyzed , using X-test, f-test, ANOVA, Pearson´s Correlation Coefficient, Stepwise Multiple Regression;
The followings were the result ;
1. The examined group had a higher scores than the non-examined group in health belief variables. (p < 0.001)
2. The higher level of health belief variables, the higher level of compliance for preventive health behavior is. (p<0.001)
3. The Stepwise Multiple Regression of compliance for preventive health behavior on the variables in the health belief model ;
Approximately 65.5% of the variance of compliance for preventive health behavior was accounted for by health concern, susceptibility and barriers in combination.
This meant that other factors seemed to influence preventive health behavior since the linear combination of variables failed to explain the remaining 34.5% of preventive health behavior of cancer.
It tended to cost doubt on the usefulness of 5 variables in this model. Therefore further study to investigate the influential factors preventive health behavior of cancer is necessary.
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