KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG WOMEN IN VIETANM

Autor: Phung Thi Thanh Van, 馮氏清雲
Rok vydání: 2015
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 103
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers that cause death in women. Information of knowledge, attitude and practice of women breast cancer prevention is necessary for developing model for preventing breast cancer in the community. The study was aimed to determine the proportion of the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination in examined at Hung Vuong Hospital and to identify the relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination in these Vietnamese women. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in women attending a breast examination Hung Vuong, Vietnam from October, 2014 to December, 2014 In 384 women were interviewed following a structured questionnaire. Based on this questionnaire, we assessed knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer and breast selt-examination. Frequencies and percentages were used in the answering of the research questions; Chi-squared test was used to identify relationship between factors. Results: The mean age of women in this study was 37.73±10.84 years. The proportion of women who met the requirements of knowledge was 65.1 %, the women had a positive attitude toward breast self-examination was 83.6 %. However, only 30.7 % of them performed regularly breast self-examination. The skill of breast self-examination was very low, 1.3 % of these women performed correctly the steps of breast self-examination following World Health Organization guidelines. Conclusion: Healthcare workers should introduce more carefully to practice breast self-examination in women to Hung Vuong hospital. In the community, we need develop training course of practice of breast self-examination according guideline of World Health Organization regularly in public women.
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