BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION (BSE);

Abstract

Background: Breast is a very vital organ of a female’s body and females are veryconscious about it as they will be depressed if they have any disease or illness related to thisorgan. So prevention of diseases related to breast is very important. One of the vital screeningtechniques for early detection of breast cancer is Breast self-examination, thus knowledge andconsistent practice can protect females from severe morbidity and mortality of breast cancer.Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breast self-examination(BSE) among Post RN nursing students in Lahore. Study Design: Cross sectional stud designand stratified random sampling technique was used. Setting: Lahore school of nursing, TheUniversity of Lahore and Saeeda Waheed College, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore. Period:February 2015 to June 2015. Methods: Close ended questionnaire was used. Data was collectedfrom post RN nursing students of Saeeda Waheed College and The University of Lahore. Datawas analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Results: The responder knowledge of breast cancerand breast self-examination was (100%). 66.7% subjects said an ideal technique of doing breastself-examination is inspection and palpation both. 61.5% said breast self-examination done bypalpate with minimum of three fingers. 42.3% said yes Because, I don’t think it is important. 34.6%subjects said they have performed breast self-examination before and 65.4% no performedbreast self-examination. Conclusion: This study showed that nurses have knowledge regardingBreast Self-Examination but do not show positive attitude toward Breast Self-Examination. Thisstudy also shows that nurses do not practicing of Breast self-examination.