Erbil Nulufer, Bolukbas Nurgul
Department of Nursing, School of Health, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey E-mail :
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(16):6525-9. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.16.6525.
The aim of this study was to determine the health beliefs and knowledge about breast self examination (BSE) and the actual BSE habits of female university nursing students.
The study sample recruited 189 nursing students who agreed to participate in the study. Descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U test, one way ANOVA test, t test and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyse the data.
83.1% of nursing students had knowledge about breast cancer (BC) and BSE in the study. BSE was practiced by 70.4% of nursing students; 21.8% of them performed BSE regularly. A fear of developing BC was an incentive for 85% of nursing students to practice BSE. The confidence subscale scores in the third and fourth years of students' university education were higher, and the barrier subscale score in these same years was lower than their first years of study. Perception of benefit of nursing students experiencing breast-related discomfort exerted a positive effect. Nursing students with lower perception of barriesr performed BSE regularly. In conclusion, nursing students' years of university study, breast cancer knowledge, history of breast cancer in family, and BSE practice status were factors affecting their health beliefs.
These study results indicate the importance of developing education and training programs which educate not only nursing students but all women about breast cancer, its symptoms, the importance of early diagnosis and of regular BSE.
本研究的目的是确定女大学生护理专业学生对乳房自我检查（BSE）的健康信念和知识以及实际的BSE习惯。
研究样本招募了189名同意参与研究的护理专业学生。使用描述性统计、曼-惠特尼U检验、单因素方差分析、t检验和Pearson相关分析来分析数据。
在该研究中，83.1%的护理专业学生了解乳腺癌（BC）和BSE。70.4%的护理专业学生进行BSE；其中21.8%的学生定期进行BSE。85%的护理专业学生进行BSE的动机是害怕患乳腺癌。学生大学教育三、四年级的信心分量表得分较高，同年的障碍分量表得分低于一年级。护理专业学生对乳房相关不适的益处感知产生了积极影响。障碍感知较低的护理专业学生定期进行BSE。总之，护理专业学生的大学学习年限、乳腺癌知识、家族乳腺癌病史和BSE实践状况是影响其健康信念的因素。
这些研究结果表明制定教育和培训计划的重要性，这些计划不仅要教育护理专业学生，还要教育所有女性关于乳腺癌、其症状、早期诊断的重要性以及定期进行BSE。
