Woldia University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ethiopia.
Biomed Res Int. 2022 May 30;2022:2870419. doi: 10.1155/2022/2870419. eCollection 2022.
Breast self-examination is a noninvasive, low-cost screening method for breast cancer detection. A thorough awareness of breast self-examination enables the early detection of breast abnormalities and dramatically lowers breast cancer complications and mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge about breast self-examination and its associated factors among female students at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
An institution-based cross-sectional study design was employed. The final calculated sample size was 407, and participants were recruited using a proportionate stratified random sampling approach. For data entry and coding, EPI Data 3.1 statistical software was utilized, and for data analysis, SPSS version 18 was employed. The data was described using descriptive analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the strength of the association between the predictor and the outcome variables. A 95% confidence interval and a -value of less than 0.05 were used to declare statistical significance.
The findings of this study revealed that 49.9% of respondents possessed good breast self-examination knowledge. Previously, urban residents were about two times more likely to have good knowledge of BSE than their rural counterparts (AOR =2.16, 95% CI (1.18-39.91), p =0.011). The odds of having good BSE knowledge were about three times more likely among those who had a good attitude than those who had a poor attitude (AOR =3.17, 95% CI (2.02-4.74), p <0.001). Those who knew someone with a diagnosis of breast cancer were almost three times more likely to have good knowledge than those who did not know (AOR =2.95, 95% CI (1.77-4.91), p <0.001).
According to the findings of this survey, less than half of the students who participated had good knowledge of breast self-examination. This justifies raising awareness about breast self-examination among female students.
乳房自我检查是一种非侵入性、低成本的乳腺癌筛查方法。对乳房自我检查有透彻的了解，可以早期发现乳房异常，显著降低乳腺癌的并发症和死亡率。本研究的目的是调查埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学女学生对乳房自我检查的认知水平及其相关因素。
采用基于机构的横断面研究设计。最终计算出的样本量为 407 人，采用比例分层随机抽样方法招募参与者。使用 EPI Data 3.1 统计软件进行数据录入和编码，使用 SPSS 版本 18 进行数据分析。使用描述性分析对数据进行描述。进行了双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，以确定预测因子与结果变量之间的关联强度。使用 95%置信区间和 p 值<0.05 来表示统计显著性。
本研究发现，49.9%的受访者对乳房自我检查具有良好的知识。以前，城市居民比农村居民更有可能对 BSE 有良好的认识（AOR=2.16，95%CI（1.18-39.91），p=0.011）。与态度较差的人相比，态度较好的人对 BSE 知识的了解程度更高，可能性是其三倍（AOR=3.17，95%CI（2.02-4.74），p<0.001）。那些知道有人被诊断出患有乳腺癌的人比那些不知道的人更有可能有良好的知识（AOR=2.95，95%CI（1.77-4.91），p<0.001）。
根据这项调查的结果，不到一半的参与学生对乳房自我检查有良好的认识。这证明有必要提高女学生对乳房自我检查的认识。
