Breast self-examination among diagnosed breast cancer patients
| Autor: | Joanne V. Wood, Avrum Z. Bluming, Gary M. Dosik, Shelley E. Taylor, Robert L. Leibowitz, Rosemary R. Lichtman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty animal diseases media_common.quotation_subject Population Breast cancer mental disorders medicine education Personal interview Breast self-examination media_common Gynecology education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry food and beverages Cancer Self-control medicine.disease nervous system diseases Oncology Family medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Cancer. 54:2528-2532 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0142 0008-543X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0142(19841201)54:11<2528::aid-cncr2820541136>3.0.co;2-u |
| Popis: | The practice of breast self-examination (BSE) was explored by personal interview in a sample of women with diagnosed breast cancer. Despite physician recommendations to practice BSE, only 43% of those interviewed were examining themselves regularly, a figure that is little different from that of the general population. Predictors of BSE were age (older women were less likely to practice) and practice of BSE before diagnosis. Factors contributing to nonpractice were judged to be: (1) the patients' beliefs that occasional examinations by physicians are a sufficient substitute for BSE; (2) the patients' perceptions that BSE is discretionary and not truly "medical"; and (3) the fact that BSE may raise patients' anxiety over cancer without affecting its likelihood. It was concluded that the practice of BSE among diagnosed patients could be increased if physicians stress its importance and provide systematic instruction or reinstruction in its practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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