2024
Socio-economic factors associated with cancer stigma among apparently healthy women in two selected municipalities Nepal
Paneru B, Karmacharya A, Makaju S, Kafle D, Poudel L, Mali S, Timsina P, Shrestha N, Timalsena D, Chaudhary K, Bhandari N, Rai P, Shakya S, Spiegelman D, Sheth S, Stangl A, Eastment M, Shrestha A. Socio-economic factors associated with cancer stigma among apparently healthy women in two selected municipalities Nepal. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0301059. PMID: 39680514, PMCID: PMC11649127, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer Stigma ScaleCancer stigmaMean stigma scoreGeneralized estimating equationsStigma scoresDomains of stigmaPublic health researchSocio-demographic factorsCross-sectional studyStigma ScaleMultivariate linear regressionHealthy womenLower educationHealth researchMarital statusCause of deathStigmaLow overall prevalenceEstimating equationsFemale populationLikert scalePrimary cause of deathOverall prevalenceOlder ageScores
2023
Validation of the Cancer Stigma Scale in Nepalese Women
Shrestha A, Stangl A, Paneru B, Poudel L, Karmacharya A, Makaju S, Spiegelman D, Shakya S, Shrestha A, Sheth S. Validation of the Cancer Stigma Scale in Nepalese Women. Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2023, 24: 204-214. PMID: 36708569, PMCID: PMC10152840, DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2023.24.1.207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer Stigma ScaleCancer stigmaCancer patientsStigma ScaleCronbach's alphaNepali womenInternal consistencyCross-cultural adaptationNepalese populationNepalese womenSufficient internal consistencyCancerWomenPatientsSatisfactory internal reliabilityVulnerable groupsAlphaInternal reliabilityStigmaOverall scaleModel fit indicesHigh levelsSix-factor structure