title: [Psychological aspects of the fear of cancer (author's transl)].
abstract: The fear of cancer was investigated in 423 women in our policlinic by means of a questionnaire. Psychological and sociological data, knowledge of the genital organs and experience of gynecological events were recorded. Of the women questioned, 16% said that they "often" feared suffering from cancer, 57% "sometimes" and 27% "seldom/never". The fear of cancer increased with age (P 5%). Women with higher education expressed fear of cancer more rarely (P 1%). The greater the knowledge of the genital organs, the less the fear of caner (P 5% and P 1%). Women with unpleasant experience or expectation of gynecological procedures frequently expressed fear of cancer. Of 12 with FPI recorded personality dimensions, 8 had a statistically significant relationship to fear of cancer. The fear of cancer had an effect on the attitude to investigation for early detection of cancer (P 10%) and to the curability of cancer detected early (P 1%).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004412:Dysmenorrhea; D004522:Educational Status; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008598:Menstruation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity; D010146:Pain; D010551:Personality; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Psychologische Aspekte der Krebsangst