Awareness and practice of self breast examination among female nurses at the Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria
| Autor: | Olaide Toyin Elegbede, Shabi Om, Ayokunle S Dada, Olusegun Emmanuel Gabriel, Oluwaserimi Adewumi Ajetunmobi, Olusegun Adesola Busari, Raymond Akujuobi Okere |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Self breast examination
Randomization business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Nurses Developing country lcsh:RA1-1270 Awareness Malignancy medicine.disease Delayed diagnosis Article Teaching hospital 03 medical and health sciences Breast cancer 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Risk factors for breast cancer 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health in Africa Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2038-9930 2038-9922 |
| Popis: | Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy linked with high levels of morbidity and mortality in developing countries due to delayed diagnosis. This research assessed the knowledge of signs and risk factors of breast cancer and practice of self breast examination (SBE) among female nurses in a rural tertiary Hospital. Eighty-five nurses ages 20 to 60 years were sampled by simple randomization over a period of eight weeks through a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis was done using statistical package for social science version 17. Sixteen (15.3%) nurses had adequate knowledge of breast cancer, having a relative with breast cancer (51.8%) and a woman of any age (56.5%) were recognized by majority as risk factors for breast cancer. Majority (68.2%) were not practicing monthly SBE and not confident on how to do it. This study pointed out the gaps in the knowledge and awareness of breast cancer and practice of SBE among the nurses. Opportunity should therefore be sought in various health facilities to educate nurses who are supposed to be closer to the patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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