Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad

The objective of this study is to identify the practices of women for Breast self examination, and to find out the relationship between women practices and some variables (Age, level of education, information concerning to BSE, and case discovered. Descriptive analytical design of the study conduct...

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Main Author: Huda B. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Pharmacy / Mustansiriyah University 2012-12-01
Series:Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:https://ajps.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/AJPS/article/view/232
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description The objective of this study is to identify the practices of women for Breast self examination, and to find out the relationship between women practices and some variables (Age, level of education, information concerning to BSE, and case discovered. Descriptive analytical design of the study conducting on 110 woman's, starting from May 8th 2009 to the October 29th 2009, the questionnaire was composed of socio-demographic characteristics and 20 Items related to knowledge and practices of women regarding to BSE. It was found that most of the study sample at 31-40 years old and the majority of them have college education, Majority of the study sample have information about BSE, most of the study sample who were doing BSE was discovered breast mass during examination and 23% of mass discovered during examination was malignant, and there were highly significant between women practices of study sample for BSE and age, level of education, information concerning BSE and case discovered during examination at P≤0.05 level.
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spelling doaj.art-6e75eca72e5d463aa003aa2b511ddad12024-04-04T06:58:47ZengCollege of Pharmacy / Mustansiriyah UniversityAl-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences1815-09932959-183X2012-12-0112210.32947/ajps.v12i2.232Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in BaghdadHuda B. H.0Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing University of Baghdad The objective of this study is to identify the practices of women for Breast self examination, and to find out the relationship between women practices and some variables (Age, level of education, information concerning to BSE, and case discovered. Descriptive analytical design of the study conducting on 110 woman's, starting from May 8th 2009 to the October 29th 2009, the questionnaire was composed of socio-demographic characteristics and 20 Items related to knowledge and practices of women regarding to BSE. It was found that most of the study sample at 31-40 years old and the majority of them have college education, Majority of the study sample have information about BSE, most of the study sample who were doing BSE was discovered breast mass during examination and 23% of mass discovered during examination was malignant, and there were highly significant between women practices of study sample for BSE and age, level of education, information concerning BSE and case discovered during examination at P≤0.05 level. https://ajps.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/AJPS/article/view/232Breast self- examination, women health, Breast cancer, women health promotion.
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Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Breast self- examination, women health, Breast cancer, women health promotion.
title Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
title_full Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
title_fullStr Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
title_full_unstemmed Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
title_short Practices of women for Breast - Self Examination in The Medical-Technical Institute in Baghdad
title_sort practices of women for breast self examination in the medical technical institute in baghdad
topic Breast self- examination, women health, Breast cancer, women health promotion.
url https://ajps.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/AJPS/article/view/232
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