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KMID : 0606420000060020191
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2000 Volume.6 No. 2 p.191 ~ p.202
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Decisional balance corresponding to the Stage of Adoption for Mammography in Middle Aged Women
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Park Young-Joo
Chang Sung-Ok
Kang Hyun-Cheol
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Abstract
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This study was carried out to assess the perception of decisional balance of Korean women toward mammography screening. From Dec. 20 , 1998 to Apr . 30 , 1999 , a samples of 1,90 3 subjects were selected from 7 metropolitanareas and 6 provinces of Korea . Data was collected using Rakowski et al´s decisional balance scale to measure the decisional balance regarding a woman´s adoption of mammography screening and to assess the woman´s current stages of adoption of mammography. The classification of women according to the stage of adoption of mammography was 54.9 % in precont emplation, 31.9 % in contemplation, 7.8% in action, and 5.5% in maintenance. The mean difference of pros, cons, and the decisional balance by the stage of mammography adoption were statistically significant. There were significant mean differences between the stages of adoption according to a woman´s experience with and intention for mammography and the prosscore, the cons score, and the decisional balance score. The
behavioral portion of stage of mammography adoption provides a further level of discriminat ion. Results provide the empirical evidence for the Transtheoretical model .
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KEYWORD
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Mammography, Middle Aged women, Stage of Adoption, Decisional balance
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