A non–experimental descriptive design was conducted on ovarian cancer patient to assess the knowledge on ovarian cancer & its relationship with selected demographic variables among ovarian cancer patient in selected cancer hospital at Bhubaneswar & Cuttack. Data was collected from 50 ovarian cancer patients by purposive sampling technique by using structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive & inferential statistics.
Findings revealed that highest percentage (54%) of the ovarian cancer patient were in the age group of 40–60 year, majority 84% of them were having secondary education, 92% of them were hindu & 84% of them were housewives.
Overall knowledge score in the study population was (46.29%) with total mean ± SD of (12.5 ±3.12). Area wise distribution of percentage, mean and SD of knowledge score shows that highest percentage (50%) and Mean score (6.12 ± 1.77) was for the area knowledge regarding definition and etiology of ovarian cancer.
Lowest percentage (43%) with mean (3.44 ± 1.21) for the area knowledge regarding more less similar percentage (49%) and mean± SD score (2.94 ± 1.23) was obtained area of sign and symptom and diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
Chi-square was calculated to find out the association between the knowledge scores and the demographic variables of the ovarian cancer patients. There was no significant association between knowledge scores of ovarian cancer patients on ovarian cancer compared to age, religion, education, occupation, age of menarchy, age at marriage, type of family, no of children, type of dietary patients, specification of non vegetarian type, and bad habit, type of habits, family history of any disease, socio-economic status, any idea about the ovarian cancer. hence, it can be interpreted that the difference in mean score related to the demographic variables were only by chance and not by true. Hence the formulated null hypothesis was accepted.
Ovaries, Ovarian cancer, Selected demographic variables
