Knowledge and Attitude Toward Breast Self-Examination Among Young Adult Nursing Students in a Public University in Malaysia

Khalip, Norazilah; Isa, Khairil Anuar Mohd; Masri, Norizan; Rahman, Haliza Abdul; Jalil, Nooraziah; Hussein, Siti Zuhaida; Bakar, Suraya Hanim Abu

doi:10.31674/mjn.2021.v13i02.004

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“…Similar with Nimir et al (2014); Ibnawadh et al (2017) where their study has discovered that nursing students had good overall knowledge towards BSE (Nimir et al, 2014;Ibnawadh et al, 2017). The researcher also believed the higher the knowledge that the young person has, the more they intend to explore the benefit of breast self-examination as early breast cancer screening (Khalip et al, 2021) Apparently, our study showed practicing on BSE does show a negative impact on attitude (R= -0.131). Wasting time, against cultural belief and not necessary for them to perform BSE were among the top excuses given by the respondents (Okolie, 2012;Haruna et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…As summary, this study has concluded that education level and marital status were the only factors that contribute towards respondents' knowledge and practice. This study has revealed a significant outcome which Khalip et al (2021) in her study has mentioned that knowledge on BSE has significant relationship with educational level, which parallel with current study (p-value<0.05). Similar with Nimir et al (2014); Ibnawadh et al (2017) where their study has discovered that nursing students had good overall knowledge towards BSE (Nimir et al, 2014;Ibnawadh et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Wasting time, against cultural belief and not necessary for them to perform BSE were among the top excuses given by the respondents (Okolie, 2012;Haruna et al, 2017). In Khalip et al, 2021 the study also stated a negative outcome between attitude and practicing on BSE.…”

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confidence: 91%

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A Pilot Study: Practice of Breast Self-Examination and it’s Relation to Knowledge and Attitude among Women Attending Out-Patient Clinic in Northern Penang

Hassan¹,

Azman²

2022

IJARBSS

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The main purpose of this study is to access the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self-examination (BSE) among women attending an out-patient clinic in northern Penang. The methods used in this study are cross-sectional survey of randomly sampled 71 female attendees of the out-patient clinic conducted on self-answer questionnaire. Decision on which sample to include were taken independently by the authors based on the methods of a study. Data were analysed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23. Result showed 75% of selected respondents ever practice BSE but only 31.0% practiced it monthly as recommended. Women who practice BSE were mostly never married and at least a diploma holder compared to women who do not practice BSE. Total mean score for knowledge was 3.95 and their major sources of knowledge on BSE among the women was from doctors or nurses (60.6%). Total mean score for attitude among these women was 2.88 where majority of them did not take any action since the breast abnormalities did not show any sign. However, 77% have shown that they were taught on technique to perform BSE on their own. This study also revealed that there is a significant association between education level and knowledge regarding BSE (p=0.001). Result also shown a significant mean difference between education level and practice based on BSE (p<0.001). However, there is no significant association between education level and attitude (p=0.271). On determining the relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice, result has shown that there is no relationship between knowledge and attitude but there is a significant relationship between knowledge and practice regarding performing the BSE technique (p=0.377 and p<0.05 respectively). Moreover, there is no significant relationship between attitude and practice where p-value>0.05. As a conclusion, even if the respondents were high educated women, they normally did not take any action towards BSE compared to those who had lower education level.

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A Pilot Study: Practice of Breast Self-Examination and it’s Relation to Knowledge and Attitude among Women Attending Out-Patient Clinic in Northern Penang

Hassan¹,

Azman²

2022

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“…Similar ndings were found in another study that was conducted at a public university in Malaysia which revealed that (79.3%) of the participating nursing students had a strong understanding of breast cancer in general, (86.7%) were familiar with breast self-examination, and (33%) had undergone BSE 4 .…”

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confidence: 84%

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast self-examination among the Nursing students, UAE

Joseph,

Elmahdy,

Jakvani

et al. 2024

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Introduction Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers and is the main cause of cancer-related deaths in women globally. Breast cancer awareness and early detection depend heavily on breast self- examination (BSE). It is an easy and economical procedure that enables people to keep track of their own breast health and possibly detect unhealthy changes in the breast tissue. Objectives of the study · To assess the knowledge on breast self-examination · To determine the attitude towards breast self-examination. · To assess the practice of breast self-examination · To Correlate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of breast self-examination · To associate selected demographic variables with the knowledge and attitude of breast self-examination Methods A quantitative research approach with a descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination among 100 nursing students studying in Gulf Medical Univerisity who were selected using the total enumeration technique. Results Sixty-seven percent of participants were found to have good knowledge of BSE, while the other 33% had poor knowledge. Fifty-four percent of participants had a positive attitude towards BSE. Only thirty-nine percent of them had practiced breast self-examination. The correlation analysis revealed a weak negative correlation with a Pearson correlation coefficient of -0.189, although the relationship was not statistically significant (p > .05). Conclusion This study revealed good knowledge and positive attitudes but poor practices of breast self-examination among the Nursing students. The necessity is to develop training programs that enhance awareness about the significance of practicing Breast self-examination (BSE).

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“…In this study, more than half of the respondents (72.1%) had adequate knowledge of BSE and this finding is the same as a study by Khalip et al (2021) where most respondents said they'd heard of BSE when asked about their knowledge of BSE as a whole. This finding is similar to the current findings that were consistent with a study conducted in Ethiopia, which found that the overall knowledge of female undergraduate students about BSE was adequate knowledge (Mekonnen & Asefa, 2019).…”

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Knowledge and Practice of Breast-Self Examination Among Nurses in Teaching Hospital

Anwar,

Azwani Junaidi,

Md Jazli

2023

MJN

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Background: Breast cancer is the most frequent invasive cancer and the leading cause of death and disability in women. Early screenings and other preventive actions recommended by the health ministry are able to detect breast cancer early. Everyone has a chance of developing breast cancer, including medical professionals who significantly have a positive attitude toward breast self-examination (BSE). However, previous studies showed that knowledge of breast cancer and self-examination is excellent, but practice is generally low. Objective: This study examined the nurses' knowledge and practice of BSE. Methods: A cross-sectional study with convenience sampling was conducted on 122 nurses at the UiTM Clinical Training Centre, Sungai Buloh. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of 41 questions was used to assess the understanding and use of BSE. Findings were analyzed using SPSS version 25 with a chi-square test to determine the association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge and practice of BSE. Result: Findings show that 72.1% had adequate knowledge of BSE and 50.8% had moderate practice. Furthermore, age, marital status, and level of study were statistically significant with knowledge and practice of BSE, where the p-value was less than 0.05. Conclusion: Breast self-examination remains an important investigation tool for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, despite other screening methods. The study's findings suggest further exploration of knowledge and practice of BSE by nurses because the knowledge they have will be beneficial to the community in increasing awareness of BSE, thus preventing breast cancer.

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Knowledge and Attitude Toward Breast Self-Examination Among Young Adult Nursing Students in a Public University in Malaysia

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

A Pilot Study: Practice of Breast Self-Examination and it’s Relation to Knowledge and Attitude among Women Attending Out-Patient Clinic in Northern Penang

A Pilot Study: Practice of Breast Self-Examination and it’s Relation to Knowledge and Attitude among Women Attending Out-Patient Clinic in Northern Penang

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast self-examination among the Nursing students, UAE

Knowledge and Practice of Breast-Self Examination Among Nurses in Teaching Hospital

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