Reproductive Health and Wellness

Awareness and practice of self breast examination among female nurses at the Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria

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Breast cancer is the most common female
malignancy linked with high levels of morbidity
and mortality in developing countries due to
delayed diagnosis. This research assessed the
knowledge of signs and risk factors of breast
cancer and practice of self breast examination
(SBE) among female nurses in a rural tertiary
Hospital. Eighty-five nurses ages 20 to 60 years
were sampled by simple randomization over a
period of eight weeks through a self-administered
semi-structured questionnaire. The
analysis was done using statistical package for
social science version 17. Sixteen (15.3%)
nurses had adequate knowledge of breast cancer,
having a relative with breast cancer
(51.8%) and a woman of any age (56.5%) were
recognized by majority as risk factors for
breast cancer. Majority (68.2%) were not practicing
monthly SBE and not confident on how
to do it. This study pointed out the gaps in the
knowledge and awareness of breast cancer and
practice of SBE among the nurses. Opportunity
should therefore be sought in various health
facilities to educate nurses who are supposed
to be closer to the patients.

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: ., 2016

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English

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awareness
Breast cancer
Self breast examination
Nurses

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