Awareness Of Colorectal Cancer And Its Associated Factors Among Adult Patients Attending Jimma University Medical Center South-west Ethiopia 2020.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the first commonest diagnosed cancer in men and thernfourth commonest in women in Ethiopia. The most significant factors that may increase the riskrnof having CRC were modifiable. These factors were prevented by increasing awareness of thernpopulation. rnObjective: This study aimed to assess the awareness of CRC and its associated factors amongrnadult patients attending Jimma University Medical Center, South-West Ethiopia, 2020. rnMethods: The institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study design was conducted amongrn422 patients at Jimma University Medical Center from March 8 to April 30, 2020. The studyrnparticipants were recruited by a systematic random sampling method and data was collectedrnsemi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaires. The collected data were entered intornEpi data version 4.6.0 and transferred to SPSS version 25. Descriptive, Bivariate andrnmultivariate logistic regression were implemented. The strength of association was determinedrnby using AOR, 95% CI. The statistical level of significance was stated at P

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