The Effect of Breast Cancer Fatalism Perception on Breast Cancer Health Beliefs of The Midwives and Nurses

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 10 - 19, 25.03.2019

Hülya Kulakçı Altıntaş , Gülbahar Korkmaz Aslan

https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.544103

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Aim: This study
was conducted to evaluate the effect of breast cancer fatalism perception and
other factors on breast cancer health beliefs of the midwives and nurses.

Material
and Methods: This
cross-sectional and correlational study was carried
with 327 midwives and nurses working
at public hospitals in Zonguldak City Center. Information Form, Powe
Fatalism Inventory and
Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale were used for data collection. Numerical and percentage values, Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman correlation analysis and Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction were used in data analyzing.

Results: It was found that seriousness, health motivation, breast self-examination
benefits and breast self-examination self-efficacy perceptions of the midwives
and nurses were moderate, and susceptibility, breast self-examination barriers and breast cancer fatalism perceptions
were low. And also, it was determined that there was a negative and weak correlation
between perception of breast cancer fatalism and breast self-examination
benefits (r = -.151, p =
.006).

Conclusion: Evaluating
the factors affecting health beliefs of the midwives and nurses is important to
increase the awareness for breast cancer.

Keywords

Breast cancer, health beliefs, midwife, nurse, perception of fatalism

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