FACTORS RELATED BREAST CANCER’S KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-BREAST EXAMINATION’ KNOWLEDGE AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMARCY
Overview
Abstract:
Background:
Knowledge of breast
cancer and self-breast examination’ knowledge plays an important role, however
knowledge of breast cancer and self-breast examination’ knowledge among women
are still low. Moreover, the researches on this field among the groups of pupil
and student is still limited. Objectives: The objective of this study
was to describe related factors of breast cancer’s knowledge and self-breast
examination’ knowledge among nursing students in Thai Nguyen University of
Medicine and Pharmarcy. Methods: The cross-sectional study design was
applied in this study. The systematic sampling technique was used to recruit
188 first and second year students. Results: The knowledge of students
about breast cancer and self-breast examination’ knowledge were limited.
Students who had sufficient knowledge of breast cancer were 47.3% while
students who had sufficient self-breast examination’ knowledge were 34.6%.
Students who were class leader or attended in extracurricular activities were
found as significant factors of breast cancer and self-breast examination’
knowledge while year of study and ethnicity were not. Conclusions: The
knowledge of students about breast cancer and self-breast examination’
knowledge were still limited. Students who were class leader or attended in
extracurricular activities were found as significant factors of breast cancer
Keyword(s): Keywords: Knowledge of breast cancer; Knowledge of self-breast examination; related factors; Student; Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Journal | Journal of Science and Technology in Medicine and Pharmacy |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2022 |