title: [Attitudes of spouses toward examinations for the early detection of cervical and breast carcinoma].
abstract: Our research program included 3474 women from Novi Sad (1957) and villages (1517) in the territory of Vojvodina. The poll investigated especially the attitudes of husbands toward the participation of their wives in check-ups for the detection of cervical and breast neoplasms. Positive attitudes toward cervical check-ups were found in 750 males from the city (54.6%) and 697 (45.9%) from the villages which represents the majority compared to those who either don't care or have no opinion of their own. More authentic relations were obtained when "negative attitudes" included also males who didn't give any answer, in that case 1206 males from the city (61.6%) and 843 from the villages (55.6%) don't encourage their wives for the detection check-ups. Similar answers were obtained to the question about breast check-ups. Positive attitude was found in 747 (54.3%) males from the city and 602 (54.1) from the villages while the number of those who either don't care or have no attitudes is smaller (628--45.7% from the city and 510--45.9% from the villages). If "negative attitudes" include those who didn't answer the question (1217--62.2% from the city and 936--61.7% from the villages) husbands who don't encourage the check-ups represent the majority. We are sure that wives' attitudes toward detection check-ups are influenced by their husbands' attitudes. Our data show that the majority of husbands' do not encourage detection check-ups negatively influencing their wives' attitudes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institut za onkologiju, Sremska Kamenica, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komaromi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popović
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Stavovi supruga o pregledima za rano otkrivanje karcinoma grlića materice i dojke.