Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia

Introduction: Malaysian women have 1 in 20 chances of developing breast cancer in their life time. The late stage at diagnosis was remarked as attributable to mortality rate. This is due to the less effective treatment received and low survival rate. Breast Self Examination (BSE) as early detection...

全面介绍

Saved in:

书目详细资料
主要作者:	Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah
格式:	Thesis
语言:	English English
出版:	2011
主题:	Breast Self-Examination - methods
在线阅读:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21828/1/FPSK%28m%29_2011_54IR.pdf
标签:	添加标签没有标签, 成为第一个标记此记录!

id	my-upm-ir.21828
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-upm-ir.218282024-07-03T02:54:13Z Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia 2011-01 Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah Introduction: Malaysian women have 1 in 20 chances of developing breast cancer in their life time. The late stage at diagnosis was remarked as attributable to mortality rate. This is due to the less effective treatment received and low survival rate. Breast Self Examination (BSE) as early detection method was featured as important to encourage women particularly in rural area to be more breast health aware. However, based on the Second and Third National Health Morbidity Survey, BSE practice was remaining low especially among rural women in Kedah. Therefore, there is a need to understand factors that may influence the BSE practice among these women. Objective: To examine the relationship of beliefs and knowledge to BSE practice among rural women in Kedah. Methods: A cross sectional study was done based on random sampling method. Participants were Malay, had not had breast cancer or other breast disease and were not currently pregnant or breastfeeding. The questionnaire consists of sociodemographic background, knowledge and the Malay version of Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS). Chi square test, t test and logistic regression analysis were performed throughout the data analysis. Level of significance for all statistics was set at p< 0.05. Findings: The prevalence of monthly BSE practice was only 13.1%. There are significant relationship between BSE practice and age, level of education and knowledge on breast cancer and BSE. The mean scores for perceived benefits (t= 16.097, p<0.001) and confidence (t= 8.236, p<0.001) were noticeably higher in performers but lower in terms of barriers to BSE (t= 11.306, p<0.001). Logistic regression analysis indicated that women who perceived more benefits of BSE (OR=1.327, 95% CI= 1.212-1.453) and confident in ability to perform BSE (OR= 1.071, 95% CI= 1.024-1.120) as well as had higher knowledge on BSE (OR= 1.328, 95% CI= 1.080-1.633) and breast cancer symptoms (OR= 1.231, 95% CI= 1.061-1.428) were more likely to perform BSE. Conclusions: Findings from this study indicated that knowledge on BSE and breast cancer symptoms with perceived benefits and confident of BSE were the predictors of BSE practice among rural women in Kedah. Therefore, effective intervention program that emphasize self efficacy, benefits of BSE, knowledge particularly on BSE and breast cancer symptoms are recommended. Breast Self-Examination - methods 2011-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21828/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21828/1/FPSK%28m%29_2011_54IR.pdf application/pdf en staffonly masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Breast Self-Examination - methods Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Abd Rahman, Hejar English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English English
advisor	Abd Rahman, Hejar
topic	Breast Self-Examination - methods
spellingShingle	Breast Self-Examination - methods Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
description	Introduction: Malaysian women have 1 in 20 chances of developing breast cancer in their life time. The late stage at diagnosis was remarked as attributable to mortality rate. This is due to the less effective treatment received and low survival rate. Breast Self Examination (BSE) as early detection method was featured as important to encourage women particularly in rural area to be more breast health aware. However, based on the Second and Third National Health Morbidity Survey, BSE practice was remaining low especially among rural women in Kedah. Therefore, there is a need to understand factors that may influence the BSE practice among these women. Objective: To examine the relationship of beliefs and knowledge to BSE practice among rural women in Kedah. Methods: A cross sectional study was done based on random sampling method. Participants were Malay, had not had breast cancer or other breast disease and were not currently pregnant or breastfeeding. The questionnaire consists of sociodemographic background, knowledge and the Malay version of Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS). Chi square test, t test and logistic regression analysis were performed throughout the data analysis. Level of significance for all statistics was set at p< 0.05. Findings: The prevalence of monthly BSE practice was only 13.1%. There are significant relationship between BSE practice and age, level of education and knowledge on breast cancer and BSE. The mean scores for perceived benefits (t= 16.097, p<0.001) and confidence (t= 8.236, p<0.001) were noticeably higher in performers but lower in terms of barriers to BSE (t= 11.306, p<0.001). Logistic regression analysis indicated that women who perceived more benefits of BSE (OR=1.327, 95% CI= 1.212-1.453) and confident in ability to perform BSE (OR= 1.071, 95% CI= 1.024-1.120) as well as had higher knowledge on BSE (OR= 1.328, 95% CI= 1.080-1.633) and breast cancer symptoms (OR= 1.231, 95% CI= 1.061-1.428) were more likely to perform BSE. Conclusions: Findings from this study indicated that knowledge on BSE and breast cancer symptoms with perceived benefits and confident of BSE were the predictors of BSE practice among rural women in Kedah. Therefore, effective intervention program that emphasize self efficacy, benefits of BSE, knowledge particularly on BSE and breast cancer symptoms are recommended.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah
author_facet	Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah
author_sort	Mohd Khairi, Umi Zarifah
title	Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
title_short	Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full	Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia
title_sort	breast self examination, health belief, knowlegde, practice, and their predictors among rural malay women in kedah, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
publishDate	2011
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21828/1/FPSK%28m%29_2011_54IR.pdf
_version_	1804888714195763200

Breast Self Examination, Health Belief, Knowlegde, Practice, and their Predictors Among Rural Malay Women in Kedah, Malaysia

相似书籍