Evaluating female nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding breast self-examination.
Health Care Women Int
; 38(8): 786-795, 2017 08.
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate female nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding breast self-examination (BSE). The sample consisted of 175 nursing students from a university in Cyprus. We collected data via a questionnaire that included the Greek version of the Champion Health Belief Model scale and questions regarding the participants' demographic characteristics. More than half of the participants (58.3%) said that they were knowledgeable about BSE and 29.1% of them had been taught about it during their studies. Nevertheless, 59.9% reported never having performed BSE, while 40.1% had performed it at least once. Only 10.9% of the students performed BSE every month for more than a year. Self-confidence had a positive and significant correlation (0.86) with BSE frequency. Also, we found quite a low level of BSE knowledge and practice levels, and this highlights the need for establishing breast cancer prevention programs.
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Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Enfermería
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Autoexamen de Mamas
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País como asunto:
Europa
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En
Año:
2017
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Article