P40 A comparison of three educational interventions on breast self-examination knowledge and health beliefs

Gürsoy, Ayla; Hintistan, Sevilay; Kahrıman, İlknur; Nural, Nesrın; Yılmaz, Fatma; Yığıtbaş, Çağla; Erdoöl, H.; Bulut, Hacer Kobya; Çalık, Kıymet Yeşilçiçek; Mumcu, Havva Karadeniz

doi:10.1016/s1462-3889(10)70104-6

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“…Breast self-examination (BSE) is a key element in promoting knowledge about breast neoplasms [3], and numerous studies confirm its important role in the early diagnosis of breast cancer [4][5][6][7][8][9]. BSE is considered an important first step to encourage women to be actively responsible for their own health [8,10].…”

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Application of Personalized Education in the Mobile Medical App for Breast Self-Examination

Błajda

Barnaś

Kucab

2022

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Introduction. Mobile apps are considered intelligent tools useful in various areas of public health. The social dimension of breast cancer and the current epidemic situation require tools that may increase knowledge and improve the skills in the field of breast self-examination. The study aims to assess the use of personalized education based on algorithms with conditions in the mobile medical app for breast self-examination. Materials and methods. In total, 500 women from the Podkarpackie Province were enrolled in the study, which was a representative group for the inhabitants of this province. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups (group I: the study group including 250 people; group II: the controls of 250 people). The study group was subjected to intervention, which was personalized education on breast cancer. The method was a proprietary mobile medical app based on algorithms with conditions. The study was carried out from March 2018 to February 2019. Results. The majority of women, 77.8% (N = 389), were under 30 years of age. Only a small amount of the breast area was marked in the tactile test in both groups. In the study group, the average number of selected points was 14.86 (7.43% of the area to be examined), while in the control group it amounted to 9.14 (4.57%). The area most commonly examined in Test I in both groups was the central area of the mammary gland with the nipple. After the intervention in Test II, women from the study group marked a significantly greater area in the tactile test than women from the control group (χ2 = 99.733; df = 6; p < 0.0001). The mean result in the study group was 22.10, while in the control group it amounted to 9.10. It was found that the breast area marked in both tests depended solely on the women’s knowledge about breast cancer (p < 0.001). It was also found that the higher the risk of developing breast cancer, the more points in Test I were indicated by the women in the tactile test (p = 0.0122). Conclusions. Educational mobile medical apps for breast cancer prevention may help to deal with breast cancer, which is an important public health issue. It is also important to broaden the possibilities of medical apps for breast self-examination with elements verifying the skills of the three-stage compression of the examined breast.

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Application of Personalized Education in the Mobile Medical App for Breast Self-Examination

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2022

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“…Our results were consistent with studies of Secginli et al [ 48 ], and Ghaffari et al [ 49 ]. In a study done by Turkey et al using the printed educational content, this score did not change [ 50 ]. This inconsistency might be due to different intervention methods and educational content.…”

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The effectiveness of educational intervention based on the Health Action Model (HAM) in improving breast cancer screening behaviors

Mahboobighazaani,

Karimi,

Azadbakht

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BMC Women's Health

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Introduction Breast cancer disease is known as the most common cancer among women. Lack of knowledge and awareness is a leading cause of breast cancer, and since nearly all women are increasingly susceptible to this disease, training screening behaviors for early detection is proven essential in order to reduce breast cancer mortality. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the effect of educational intervention based on the Health Action Model in improving breast cancer screening behaviors in women aged 30 to 69 in Kashan, Iran. Methods This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 162 women aged 30–69 years old among the clients of Comprehensive health service centers in Kashan, Iran and they were assigned to intervention and control groups. The research instrument included a questionnaire assessed within three phases: baseline, 3-months, and 6-months, containing Health Action Model (HAM) structures and also three screening behaviors. The intervention consisted of a model-based education package and was carried out over 2 months. To evaluate the effect of the intervention, the mean of model structures and proportion screening behaviors in the third and sixth months were compared with the baseline phase. All analyses were carried out using SPSS, version 22. Results The intervention and control groups were homogeneous regarding the structures of the HAM and the proportion of screening behaviors in the baseline phase (p > 0.05). In the 3-month (p < 0.05) and 6-month (p < 0.05) phases, the mean scores of the HAM constructs in the intervention group were found higher compared with the control group. Moreover, the proportion of clinical breast examinations in the intervention group was statistically higher than in the control group in the 3-month (p < 0.001) and 6-month (p < 0.001) phases. In addition, the proportion of mammography performed in the 3-month (p = 0.002) and 6-month (p < 0.001) phases were reported to be higher in the intervention group compared with the control group. Conclusion Overall, these results provide important insight into the effectiveness of the interventions based on the Health Action Model in promoting breast cancer screening behaviors and the determinants of such behaviors.

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P40 A comparison of three educational interventions on breast self-examination knowledge and health beliefs

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