Breast self-examination Education and impact
Keywords:
Breast self-examination, Knowledge, Proficiency, Health educationAbstract
Objective: short and intermediate term effectivity of the individual education of a program for early diagnosis of breast cancer was measured on knowledge, proficiency and breast selfexamination practice.
Material and methods: one hundred and fourteen women were chosen at random from the Preventive Medicine Department of a family practice medical clinic, between 20 and 50 years old, with no breastfeed, pregnancy, menstrual period or rheumatic arthritis.
Results: there were a mean increment of 70, 66 and 62 points on knowledge, as measured immediately, at one-and three-following months (p<0.0001); and a mean increment of 83, 75 y 73 points on proficiency, respectively (p<0.0001). Eighty-seven percent of the women practiced breast self-examination at the first month and 68.9% at the third month (p<0.0001).
Conclusions: health education is an increasing need for yielding individual active participation. This should go with recurrent reinforcement for acomplishing its objective.
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