Breast Self-examination: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Female College Students

Paulsamy, Premalatha; Alshahrani, Shadia Hamoud; Qureshi, Absar Ahmed; Sampayan, Eva Lobelle; Venkatesan, Krishnaraju; Sethuraj, Pranave

doi:10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i43b32575

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“…The total score for BSE practice was out of 13. This variable was dichotomized as good/regular practice if the total score for BSE practice of the respondent was equal and above 7 and poor/irregular practice if the total score was below 7 (21).…”

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The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

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Background Breast self-examination is considered one of the main screening methods in detecting earlier stages of breast cancer. It is a useful technique if practiced every month by women above 20 years since globally breast cancer among women contributed to 685,000 deaths in 2020. However, the practice of breast self-examination among healthcare professionals is low in many developing countries. Therefore, this research was intended to measure the level of breast self-examination practice and determine associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 221 randomly selected female healthcare professionals in four district hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The predictor variables were socio-demographic and obstetrics variables, knowledge on breast cancer and breast self-examination, attitude towards breast cancer and breast self-examination. Sample statistics such as frequencies, proportions and mean were used to recapitulate the findings in univariate analysis. Multiple logistic regression analysis was employed to identify statistically significant variables that predict breast self-examination practice. Adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence level were reported. P-value < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.Results Breast self-examination was practiced by 43.5% of female healthcare professionals. This prevalence is low compared to other studies. Attitude towards breast self-examination and breast cancer was the only predictor variable that was significantly associated with breast self-examination practice [AOR = 1.032; 95% CI (1.001, 1.065), p-value = 0.042]. However, number of pregnancy and number of children were not significantly associated with BSE practice in the multi-variate analysis. In addition, knowledge and attitude were linearly correlated with r = 0.186, p = 0.005.Conclusions The breast self-examination practice was found to be low. Attitude toward breast cancer and breast self-examination was positively associated with BSE practice. Moreover, attitude and knowledge were linearly associated. This suggests the need for continuous medical education on breast self-examination and breast cancer to increase the knowledge & BSE practice level of female healthcare professionals.

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The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

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Habtu

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The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

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Background Breast cancer contributed to about 2.3 million cancer cases among women globally and 685,000 women died from it in 2020. Breast self-examination is considered one of the many breast cancer-screening techniques in Low and Middle Income Countries. It is a useful tool if practiced every month by women above 20 years of age and combined with other screening methods such as mammography, Breast Clinical Examination, breast ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. However, the practice of BSE is poor in many developing countries. Therefore, this research is intended to measure the level of BSE practice and determine the associated factors among female healthcare professionals in four district hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. Materials and Method A cross-sectional study was conducted among 221 randomly selected female healthcare professionals in four district hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Sample statistics such as frequency, proportions and mean were used to recapitulate the findings in univariate analysis. Multiple logistic regression analysis was employed to identify statistically significant explanatory variables that predict the outcome variable, breast self-examination practice, based on an adjusted odds ratio, 95% confidence level and p-value < 0.05. Results Breast self-examination was practiced by 43.53% of female healthcare professionals. Attitude towards BSE and BC was the only predictor variable that is significantly associated with BSE practice [AOR=1.032; 95% CI (1.001, 1.065), p-value=0.042]. Knowledge on BSE and BC, age, having family history of breast cancer were not significantly associated with BSE practice in the multi-variate analysis. Conclusion The BSE practice was found to be low. Attitude towards breast cancer and BSE was positively associated with BSE practice. This suggests the need for continuous medical education on BSE and BC to increase the knowledge level of female healthcare professionals and enhance the attitude of female healthcare professionals in order to increase their BSE practice. This could in turn increase the knowledge and practice of BSE among the general public.

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The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross sectional study

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Okova,

Habtu

et al. 2023

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Background Breast self-examination (BSE) is considered one of the main screening methods in detecting earlier stages of breast cancer. It is a useful technique if practiced every month by women above 20 years considering that breast cancer among women globally contributed to 685,000 deaths in 2020. However, the practice of breast self-examination among healthcare professionals is low in many developing countries and it is not well known in Rwanda. Therefore, this research was intended to measure the level of breast self-examination practice and its associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 221 randomly selected female healthcare professionals in four district hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The predictor variables were socio-demographic and obstetrics variables, knowledge on breast cancer and breast self-examination as well as attitude towards breast cancer and breast self-examination. Sample statistics such as frequencies, proportions and mean were used to recapitulate the findings in univariate analysis. Multiple logistic regression analysis was employed to identify statistically significant variables that predict breast self-examination practice. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence level were reported. P-value < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. Results Breast self-examination was practiced by 43.5% of female healthcare professionals. This prevalence is low compared to other studies. Attitude towards breast self-examination and breast cancer was the only predictor variable that was significantly associated with breast self-examination practice [AOR = 1.032; 95% CI (1.001, 1.065), p-value = 0.042]. However, number of pregnancy and number of children were not significantly associated with BSE practice in the multi-variate analysis. In addition, there was a positive linear link between knowledge and attitude, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.186 (p = 0.005). Conclusions The breast self-examination practice among healthcare professionals was found to be low. Attitude towards breast cancer and breast self-examination was positively associated with BSE practice. Moreover, attitude and knowledge were positively correlated. This suggests the need for continuous medical education on breast self-examination and breast cancer to increase the knowledge & BSE practice level of female healthcare professionals.

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Breast Self-examination: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Female College Students

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References 15 publications

The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Section Study

The practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among female healthcare professionals working in selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross sectional study

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