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- Title
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Students in University of Kerbala 2021.
- Authors
Mageed, Estbraq Mohammed; Alrubiyii, Salam Sahib; Salman, Baydaa Ibrahim
- Abstract
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among females worldwide. Early detection of breast cancer plays the leading role in reducing mortality rates and improving the patients' prognosis. Aim of the study: To assess the level of female University students' knowledge attitude and practice of breast self-examination among Kerbala University student in 2021. Subject & Methods: A cross-sectional study. It was conducted in the University of Kerbala. Four colleges were chosen randomly as two medical and other two non-medical colleges. The study samples include 389 female students from 18 to 26 years. Results: The mean age of the responders was 19.9± (1.45) years. Most of the participants 310 (79.9%) were aware about breast self examination. The highest accurate responses were observed (91.0%) following the question "Is breast self examination important to diagnose early breast cancer?", mean±SD (0.91±0.290), and 95% Cl (0.88-0.94). The awareness rate of this section was calculated as (61.1%). Similarly, the overall proportion of positive attitude and breast self examination practice were found (71.0%) and (39.0%), respectively. Sociodemographic characteristics such as subject of education, high financial wellbeing, and urban resident were found to correlate positively with Breast self examination (BSE) practice, (P=0.017), (P=0.029), and (P=0.01), respectively. Conclusion: Although the study documented good level of awareness among the university students of Kerbala, practicing breast self-examination was relatively low. This is mostly due to not knowing the exact technique to follow and/or students do not trust themselves in finding any medical benefit from practicing.
- Subjects
BREAST self-examination; STUDENT attitudes; COLLEGE students; EARLY detection of cancer; CITY dwellers
- Publication
Kerbala Jorunal of Medicine, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 1, p2621
- ISSN
1990-5483
- Publication type
Article