“How can a woman live without having a breast?”: challenges related to mastectomy in Ethiopia

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, Ethiopia

Name of towns	No of IDI^*	No of FGD^a	Age range of participants	Male	Female	Role
Assela	2 IDI_with HEW^b	2 (1 with HP^c & 1 with BCa^d patients	30–50	5	8	Surgeon, GP^e, Oncology resident, oncology and psychiatry nurse, nurse head
Woliso	2 IDI_with HEW 1 IDI_with patient relative	2 (1 with HP & 1 with BCa patients	27–60	4	8	Surgeon, clinical nurse, surgical ward head nurse, psychiatric nurse
Hosanna	2 IDI_with HEW 1 IDI_ refused BCa pt	2 (1 with HP & 1 with BCa patients	35–55	4	12	Surgeon, Pathologist, Surgical ward nurse, Psychiatric nurse MCH^f focal, Midwife
Butajira town	2 IDI_with HEW 2 IDI_Refused BCa pt 1 IDI_Patient relative 1 IDI_Patient relative_refused	2 (1 with HP & 1 with BCa patients	27–90	5	14	Surgeon, pathologist, gynaecologist, surgical ward nurse, midwife, health officer
Total	14	8	27–90	18	52

^* IDI: in-depth interview, ^a FGD: focus group discussion, ^b HEW: health extension workers, ^c HP: health professionals, ^d BCa: breast cancer patients, ^e GP: general practitioner, ^f MCH: maternal and child health

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