ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Autor:	Tejaswi Vittal Pujar, Gayathri Linganagouda, Sathyanand A, Dhruva Dhruva, Linganagouda Patil, Hamsa Hamsa, Gautam Gautam, Seema Benakanakondi
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test lcsh:R5-130.5 business.industry Family medicine Health care Breast cancer awareness Medicine business B reast cancer awareness lcsh:General works Breast self - examination Breast self-examination
Zdroj:	Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 2, Iss 29, Pp 4201-4208 (2015)
ISSN:	2349-2570 2349-2562
Popis:	INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer appears to be a disease of both developing and developed country. Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in most cities in India, and 2nd most common in the rural areas. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of self breast examination am ong health care professionals. 2. To assess breast cancer awareness among health care professionals. METHODOLOGY : A questionnaire based cross sectional study in which 133 women belonging to various medical and allied specialties were included. RESULTS: It was found that most (91%) respondents were aware of BSE. The electronic media were the major sources of information followed by information from co - health workers. The attitude of health professionals on BSE was positive, with a fairly high degree of accep tability of the idea. Despite the positive attitude to BSE, its practice was low (73.7%). CONCLUSION: BSE is a cost effective screening modality. In view of worldwide rising trends in the incidence of breast cancer rates, importance of BSE should be popula rised through mass media.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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