Akhtari-Zavare Mehrnoosh, Juni Muhamad Hanafiah, Said Salmiah Md, Ismail Irmi Zarina
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(1):57-61. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.1.57.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second principal cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, including Malaysia.
A cross-sectional study was carried out among 262 female undergraduate students in University Putra Malaysia using a validated questionnaire which was developed for this study.
The mean age of respondents was 22∓2.3 years. Most of them were single (83.1%), Malay (42.3%) and 20.7% reported having a family history of breast cancer. Eighty-seven (36.7%) claimed they had practiced BSE. Motivation and self-efficacy of the respondents who performed BSE were significantly higher compared with women who did not (p<0.05).There was no association between BSE practice and demographic details (p<0.05). Logistic regression analysis indicated that women who perceived greater motivation (OR=1.089, 95%CI: 1.016-1.168) and had higher confidence of BSE (OR=1.076, 95%CI: 1.028-1.126) were more likely to perform the screening.
The findings show that Malaysian young female's perception regarding breast cancer and the practice of BSE is low. Targeted education should be implemented to improve early detection of breast cancer.
乳腺癌是全球女性中最常见的癌症，也是包括马来西亚在内的全球女性癌症死亡的第二大主要原因。
在马来西亚博特拉大学对262名本科女学生进行了一项横断面研究，使用的是为本研究开发的经过验证的问卷。
受访者的平均年龄为22±2.3岁。她们大多单身（83.1%），为马来人（42.3%），20.7%的人报告有乳腺癌家族史。八十七人（36.7%）声称她们进行过乳房自我检查。与未进行乳房自我检查的女性相比，进行乳房自我检查的受访者的动机和自我效能显著更高（p<0.05）。乳房自我检查的实践与人口统计学细节之间没有关联（p<0.05）。逻辑回归分析表明，认为动机更强（比值比=1.089，95%置信区间：1.016-1.168）且对乳房自我检查更有信心（比值比=1.076，95%置信区间：1.028-1.126）的女性更有可能进行筛查。
研究结果表明，马来西亚年轻女性对乳腺癌的认知和乳房自我检查的实践水平较低。应实施有针对性的教育，以提高乳腺癌的早期发现率。
