Predictors of Breast Self-examination among Thai Nurese
Keywords:
Thai women, Breast cancer, Breast self-examinationAbstract
Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women. Treatment can be effective if ones are aware of breast cancer screening and be diagnosed at early stages. Thai Ministry of Public Health recommended that a woman at age 20 and over should perform monthly breast self- examination. However, the mortality rate of breast cancer showed an increase from 16.3 to 21.5 per 100000 persons from 1983 to 1999. Several studies indicated that beliefs related to breast self-examination is important to promote breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination. The goals of this study were to examine predictors of breast self-examination based on Health Beliefs Model. Two hundred and fifty nurses were recruited to complete self-administered questionnaires. The results revealed that participants were age between 23 and 53 years with a mean age of 37 (SD = 9.8), 89.6% completed four years college education, 65% performed breast self-examination. Regressions analysis showed that perceived barriers was a significant predictor of breast self-examination. To promote breast self-examination, nurses and health care providers should encourage women to defeat their barriers.References
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