Estilos de vida saludable y nivel de conocimiento de prevención del cáncer gástrico Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, 2016

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between lifestyles healthty and the knowledge level of prevention of gastric cancer. Methodology: An observational, descriptive and quantitative study was conducted in 390 persons who went to the prevention center of the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases of Perú (INEN), in 2016, through the use of validated instruments for the level of knowledge of prevention measures and healthy lifestyle practices. Results: The age of the population had an average of 46.32 years, the most frequent sex was the female, the most frequent level of instruction was complete high school, the consigned occupation was being a housewife. The level of knowledge of the studied population was predominantly high at 47.70%. The practices of healthy lifestyles of the studied population were predominantly moderately healthy with 58.46%. The relationship between the knowledge level of gastric cancer prevention and practices of healthy lifestyles showed a statistically significant association. Conclusions: The level of knowledge of gastric cancer prevention measures is directly proportional to the practices of healthy lifestyles in the studied population.