Investigation of public attitude towards cancer

The aim of this study is to determine the predictors of social attitude and social attitude towards cancer. The descriptive study was done online using the Google Survey program with 1022 people. "Personal Information Form" and "Attitudes toward cancer and cancer patients" were used as data collection tools. Descriptive analysis, t test, One Way Variance Analysis (ANOVA), Kruskal Wallis Test, Tukey HSD test, Games-Howell and logistic regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The rate of negative attitude of the participants regarding the impossibility of recovery / stigmatization, discrimination, disclose/ spreading subscales was found to be 9.10%, 3.03%, 17.32%, respectively. İndividuals who are in the other age groups compared to individuals in the 18-28 age group, individuals who are married compared to individuals who are single, individuals who have secondary or lower education levels compared to individuals who have the other education levels, individuals who are living in the village / town compared to individuals who are living in the metropolitan area, individuals who died in their family due to cancer compared to individuals who do not have this, individuals who have chronic disease compared to individuals who do not have chronic disease have higher negative attitudes towards impossibility of recovery/stigmatization subscale (p <0.05). It was determined that age, education, chronic disease status and location variables were predictors of impossibility of recovery/stigmatization subscale (p <0.05). İndividuals who are male compared to individuals who are women, individuals who are 51 years old and older than compared to individuals who are 18-28 years old, individuals who have secondary education or below compared to individuals who have the other education levels have higher negative attitudes towards discrimination subscale (p <0.05). Individuals who are male compared to individuals who are women, individuals who are 51 years old and older than compared to individuals who are 40-50 years old, individuals who are singles compared to individuals who are married, individuals who have chronic disease compared to individuals who do not have chronic disease have higher negative attitudes towards disclose subscale (p <0.05). It was determined that only the gender variable was the predictor of the subscale of disclose (p <0.05). It can be said that being male, having secondary education and below, being older, having chronic disease and living in the village / town increase the negative attitude towards cancer