Department of Family Medicine, Ameen Medical and Dental Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Community Medicine, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Nov;70(11):1985-1989. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.25836.
To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding breast self-examination among women in an urban setting.
The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice study was conducted from May to July 2018 at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at Naseer Hussain Shaheed Hospital and the Institute of Infectious Disease, Karachi, and comprised women aged 15 years or above who were attending the outpatient department. Data was collected using a pre-designed questionnaire and was analysed using SPSS 23.
There were 385 women with a mean age of 30.09±7.09 years. Overall, 259 (67.3%) subjects had adequate knowledge about breast self-examination, 123 (31.9%) had appropriate practices and 187 (48.6%) had positive attitude.
Overall knowledge level regarding breast self-examination was found to be inadequate.
评估城市女性中乳房自我检查的知识、态度和实践情况。
2018 年 5 月至 7 月，在卡拉奇的纳西尔侯赛因沙希德医院妇产科和传染病研究所进行了这项知识、态度和实践研究，纳入了年龄在 15 岁及以上、正在门诊部就诊的女性。使用预先设计的问卷收集数据，并使用 SPSS 23 进行分析。
共有 385 名女性，平均年龄为 30.09±7.09 岁。总体而言，259 名（67.3%）受试者对乳房自我检查有足够的了解，123 名（31.9%）有适当的做法，187 名（48.6%）有积极的态度。
总体而言，乳房自我检查的知识水平不足。
