DETERMINE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WOMEN ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND THEIR PRACTICE ABOUT BREAST SELF EXAMINATION

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dc.contributor.authorAlpteker, Hacer
dc.contributor.authorAvci, Aysen
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T20:01:29Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T20:01:29Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentAbant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: This study's aim was to determine the knowledge of the women about breast cancer and their practice about breast self examination who were 20 years old and above and live in Karaky which is a country of Bolu. Materials and Methods: This was a Cross-sectional and descriptive study. The research was carried on 150 woman. Results: Socio-demographic features of the study group were; mean age of the women who were 20 years old and above was 45 +/- 18 (min: 20, max: 84), 72.7 % were maried, 65.3 % were graduated from primary school, 88.7 were housewives (n: 150). In the applied questionare: 30.0 % of the study group didn't know how the breast cancer is diagnosed, 31.9 % of the women didn't believe the necessity of mammography, 5.0 % didn't know the necessity of mammography, 71.3 % of the women didn't know the breast self examination and 72.0 % didn't practice breast examination by herselves before. We found that only 47.6 % of the women do breast examination by herselves from 56.0 % who require to do breast self examination (X2: 36.690; P: 0.000). Discussion: Although most of the women learnt breast self examination firstly from health personnel than from press or mass media, practice of the examination was so low. That's why: center dot The women who live in the rural area must be educated about breast cancer, breast self examination and the risk factors. The necessity of the breast examination by herselves when they are healthy must be emphasised.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage79en_US
dc.identifier.issn2149-1976
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage74en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/14135
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000218520600006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherAvesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Breast Healthen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzYK_20240925en_US
dc.subjectwomanen_US
dc.subjectbreast canceren_US
dc.subjectbreast self examinationen_US
dc.subjectrural areaen_US
dc.subjectnursingen_US
dc.titleDETERMINE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WOMEN ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND THEIR PRACTICE ABOUT BREAST SELF EXAMINATIONen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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