Knowledge and Attitude of Women about Breast Self-Examination

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (SEMAR) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motahare Pilehvarzadeh ◽  
Hakime Hoosien Rezie ◽  
Moohamad Reza Aflatoonian ◽  
Foozieh Rafeti ◽  
Fatemeh Mashayekhi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Examination

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude among outpatient women visiting a healthcare center in northern Iran regarding breast self-examination: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Ahmadzadeh Amiri ◽  
Mohammadreza Haghshenas ◽  
Ali Ahmadzadeh Amiri ◽  
Fatemeh Daneshvar
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Healthcare Staff ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Examination

PurposeBreast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide. This study aimed to compare the level of knowledge and attitude of females regarding Breast cancer and to determine the role of knowledge, attitude and barriers in performing regular self-examination.Design/methodology/approachNon-physician females aged 18 years old or above were enrolled in this cross-sectional study in two groups of usual clients and healthcare staff from January 2018 to January 2019 from a healthcare center in Sari, a major city in the northern district of Iran. A questionnaire was used to score the participants’ knowledge and attitude levels using questions about the participants' knowledge and attitude towards Breast cancer along with their status on Breast self-examination and barriers. Mean scores were used for statistical analysis using SPSS V25. p < 0.05 was considered significant.FindingsA final dataset of 279 females were collected. A significant difference in the knowledge and attitude regarding breast cancer was found between the two study groups (p < 0.001). The practice of BSE was significantly lower in the usual clients compared to non-physician healthcare staff (p < 0.001). The most frequent barriers for not performing a regular BSE were fear of finding a mass in usual clients (17.8%) and lack of confidence in healthcare staff (3.8%).Research limitations/implicationsLimitations include single-centered sample selection.Practical implicationsGiven the importance of early detection in breast cancer prevention and the general taboo regarding breast cancer screening methods in certain parts of the world, leading to poor results in early detection and prevention, the authors believe that it is of superior importance to address and promote positive attitudes in general population towards breast self-examination.Originality/valueGiven the importance of early detection in breast cancer prevention, and the general taboo regarding breast cancer screening methods in certain parts of the world, leading to poor results in early detection and prevention, the authors believe that it is of superior importance to address and promote positive attitudes in general population toward breast self-examination. The authors of this study believe that the manuscript represents honest and original work.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PELAKSANAAN PEMERIKSAAN PAYUDARA SENDIRI (SADARI) TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN KEMAMPUAN SISWI DALAM UPAYA DETEKSI DINI KANKER PAYUDARA SMA SWAKARYA TAHUN 2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Martha Hutapea
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
High School ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Examination

Breast cancer is the second largest that attacks women in Indonesia and the number one killer in the world. One of the early detection methods of breast cancer is breast selfexamination. Most women do not do self-examination due to their lack of knowledge of breast self-examination. The objective of this research is to investigate effect of the health education of breast self-examination as an early detection for cancer on the knowledge and attitude of female students of State Vocational High School 1 of Karanganyar. This research used the quantitative pre-experimental research method with the pretestposttest design. The samples of the research were taken by using the cluster sampling technique. They consisted of 31 respondents. The data of the research were analyzed by using Wilcoxon’s test and McNemar’s Test. The result of the test shows that the value of p for the variable of Knoweldge is 0.000 and that of p for the variable of attitude is 0.000, meaning that there is an effect of the health education of breast self-examination as an early detection for cancer on the knowledge and attitude of female students of State Vocational High School 1 of Karanganyar. Therefore, the following researchers in the same field are recommended to compare between the health education with lecturing and demonstration methods and the health education with lecturing and video methods two groups, namely: Control Group and Experimental Group. 

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG YOUNG ADULT NURSING STUDENTS IN A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazilah Khalip ◽  
Khairil Anuar Mohd Isa ◽  
Norizan Masri ◽  
Haliza Abdul Rahman ◽  
Nooraziah Jalil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Public University ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Examination

This study aims to identify the knowledge and attitude towards breast self-examination among undergraduate nursing students in the public university at Peninsular Malaysia. The method used in the study is a cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted among 188 undergraduate students studied in a public university at Peninsular Malaysia. The level of knowledge and attitude of breast self-examination (BSE) measured using self-administered questionnaires. All data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 23.0 for Windows. The result of the study showed 33% of respondents had experienced BSE. 79.3% of respondents have good knowledge of cancer breast and BSE. 86.7% of respondents know about BSE and 35.1% of respondents had a positive attitude towards BSE. The educational level was found to have a significant relationship with an overall knowledge of breast cancer and BSE (p >0.001), and attitude towards BSE (p >0.001) and breast self-examination experienced (p >0.001). In conclusion, nursing students had good knowledge of breast cancer but they had not experienced BSE and have a negative attitude in practising BSE. An intervention should be designed to enhance nursing students’ proficiency in performing BSE.

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