Awareness of Breast Cancer and its Early Detection Measures among Female Students, Northern Ethiopia

Hailu, Tesfay; Berhe, Hailemariam; Hailu, Desta

doi:10.11591/ijphs.v5i3.4787

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“…Overall information regarding the prevalence of BSE practice among female university students was obtained from various provinces of Ethiopia. Four of the studies were conducted in universities found in the Amhara region, 38 - 41 3 from SNNPR, 37 , 42 , 43 7 from Oromia, 26 , 44 - 49 1 from Tigrai universities, 27 and 1 from Addis Ababa University. 50 …”

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Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Female University Students in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Background: Breast self-examination (BSE) is one of the most feasible methods of screening for early stages of breast cancer. However, the practice rate is insufficient in many low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of BSE practice among female university students in Ethiopia. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched for studies that assessed BSE practice among female students in Ethiopian universities. The study included articles published from January 1st, 2010 to June 16th, 2020. The Cochran’s Q chi-square and the respective I2 test statistics were used to check heterogeneity among the included studies. To assess publication biases, the funnel plot and Egger’s regression tests were employed. Subgroup analysis was done by using different characteristics of studies. Sensitivity analysis was also run to assess the effect of a single study on the pooled outcome. STATA™ Version 14 software packages were employed for data analysis. Results: Sixteen (n = 16) studies with 5,743 participants were included to estimate the pooled prevalence of BSE practice. The prevalence of regular BSE practice reported in the studies ranges from 0% to 26.4%. The estimated pooled prevalence of regular BSE practice among university students in Ethiopia is 11.23% which is very low. The prevalence of BSE practice was high, 13.6% in studies published before 2015, 12.0% among health science students, and 12.6% in studies with a sample size of 384 participants and above. In addition, the estimated pooled prevalence of irregular self-breast-examination practice was 33.28%. Conclusion: The rate of BSE practice among female university students is low. Thus, awareness strategies need to be designed to increase the practice rate among women in the country as BSE is one of the most feasible strategies in early detection of breast cancer if properly implemented.

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“…The prevalence of regular BSE practice among university students reported in the country ranges from 0% 26 to 26.4%. 27 Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of BSE practice among university students in Ethiopia.…”

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Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Female University Students in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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“…Obesity, delay in first pregnancy, infertility and age were the main known breast cancer risk factors by the respondents. Hailu et al [5] in their study conducted in a university environment found as main risk factors recognized by the respondents: smoking, alcohol consumption and a diet rich in fat respectively with 71.3%, 44.2% and 38.8%. Early menstruation and a late menopause (39.1%), extended breastfeeding (38.6%), multiparity (36.4%), obesity (21.6%) and age (19.6%) were the main risk factors found by Oluwatosin and Oladepo [4] in a study on rural women in Ibadan, Nigeria in 2006.…”

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“…Painless bump on breast (52.20%), breast swelling (40.25%), change in breast skin (42.14%) as well as breast pain (49.06%) were the main signs of early breast cancer warning recognized by the respondents. Hailu et al [5] in their 2013 university-based study in Ethiopia found as main early warning signs: breast nodule (76.1%), breast pain (79.1%) and nipple discharge (59.3%). Isara and Ojedokun [6] in his study of college girls in Abuja, Nigeria found that the painless bump was the main early warning sign known (49.4%).…”

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“…According to our study, most respondents had recognized breast self-examination, as a method of early detection of breast cancer (92.45%). Hailu et al [5] also recorded a high proportion of female students (59.5%) who had recognized self-examination as a method of early detection of breast cancer. Oluwatosin and Oladepo [4] reported a low proportion of women interviewed who recognized breast selfexamination as a mean of early detection of breast cancer (6.4%).…”

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Knowledge of Risk Factors and Early Detection Signs of Breast Cancer by Students at Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute (IFSIO) in Parakou (Benin)

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2018

J Women's Health Care

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Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Objective: Assess the knowledge level of risk factors and warning signs of breast cancer among students of the Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute (IFSIO) at Parakou in 2016. Methodology: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study with prospective data collection conducted from February 6 to February 20, 2016 on the first and second year students of IFSIO of Parakou, who have not yet received courses of breast cancer. Results: The participation and completeness rate was 76.08% (159 students). There were 85 male students and 74 female students, a sex ratio of 1.15. The average age of the students was 20.01 ± 2.02 years. Student sex was not associated with knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer (p=0.223) and knowledge of early warning signs of breast cancer (p=0.127). Sixteen percent (16%) of the students knew at least 4 breast cancer risk factors. Obesity, delay in first pregnancy, infertility and age were recognized as breast cancer risk factors, respectively by 26.42%, 30.82%, 37.11%, 37.74% of students. Few students (36.48%) knew at least half of the breast cancer warning signs. The main sources of information were the media (television and radio: 73.58%) and health workers (52.83%). Conclusion: These findings suggest the need for awareness of the students of Parakou on knowledge of risk factors and breast cancer warning signs.

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Perceptions and knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination among young adult women in southwest Ethiopia: Application of the health belief model

Mossa

2022

PLoS ONE

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Background Breast cancer is still a recognized public health issue in Ethiopia. Despite this, the viewpoints and comprehensions of young women about the situation are unknown. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the knowledge and perceptions of young adult women in Southwest Ethiopia about breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE). Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in the Gurage zone, southwest Ethiopia, in 2021. A total of 392 young adult women were randomly selected from both urban and rural strata using a three-stage stratified sampling process. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data. For data entry, Epi-data 4.6 with a double-entry approach was used, and for analysis, SPSS 26 was used. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify variables associated with BSE behavior. A p-value of 0.05 or below was considered statistically significant with a 95% CI. Results The respondents’ ages ranged from 20 to 24, with a mean of 21.25 (±1.32) years. Breast cancer and BSE were unknown to more than 80% of the study participants. A large proportion of young adult women had low perceived susceptibility (97.6%), low threat of breast cancer (96%), and low self-efficacy to perform BSE (91.4%). BSE was conducted by 23.1% of the participants occasionally. Being married (AOR = 5.31, 95% CI = 2.19–12.90), having good outcome expectations of BSE (AOR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.16–3.61), having good BSE knowledge (AOR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.04–1.45), having high perceived susceptibility (AOR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.05–1.20), high perceived severity (AOR = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.02–3.09), and having high self-efficacy to do BSE (AOR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.01–1.09) were all significant predictors of BSE practice. Conclusions Young adult women were less concerned about breast cancer and had insufficient knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination. They have little knowledge of, confidence in, or experience with BSE. The practice of BSE was associated with increased perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, severity, outcome expectations, and BSE knowledge. Therefore, these variables should be considered when developing educational interventions for young women.

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Awareness of Breast Cancer and its Early Detection Measures among Female Students, Northern Ethiopia

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Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Female University Students in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Female University Students in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Knowledge of Risk Factors and Early Detection Signs of Breast Cancer by Students at Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute (IFSIO) in Parakou (Benin)

Perceptions and knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination among young adult women in southwest Ethiopia: Application of the health belief model

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