Effects of Education on Knowledge and Attitude of Breast Self Examination Among 25+ Years Old Women

Abstract

Objective: To investigate effects of education on knowl-edge  and attitude of breast self examination (BSE)
among women.
Method: Knowledge and performance of BSE among
women residents at Gülistan district of Isparta were
both evaluated by a preliminary study. After that, an
educational program about BSE was carried out. Six
months later, final situation was evaluated  by con-structing two groups: Study group (n=62) that consisted
of women and the control group (n=63) assigned by
randomized sampling.
Results: The ratio of knowledge about BSE in the study
group increased from 30.3% to 77.4% while it was 50.8%
in the control group. Similary the ratio of subjects who
regularly performed BSE in the study group was found
to be increased from 19.0% to 61.3% while the same
ratio was found 39.7% in the control group. The differ-ences between two groups and in the same group be-fore and after training were statistically significant.
Knowledge of  BSE was correlated with education and
employment status among all respondents. Correct
practice of BSE was found to be correlated with em-ployment status among study group while it was found
to be correlated with education, employment, age and
prosperity in the control group.
Conclusion: The results from this study suggest that
an educational program can significantly improve BSE
practice in women.
Key words:  Breast-self examination, breast cancer, health
education

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