Determining the Factors that Affect Breast Cancer and Self Breast Examination Beliefs of Turkish Nurses in Academia

Sebnem Cinar Yucel,Fatma Orgun,Elif Unsal Avdal,Muzeyyen Demir,Yasemin Tokem

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.3.1275

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To define factors that affect the performance status of BSE and confidence of student nurses. This descriptive study was conducted in the academic year 2010-2011 in a nursing faculty in I?zmir, Turkey. "Informative data form" and "Champion's Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS)" were used as data collection forms. The mean age of the participant nurses was 21.0±1.49. The mean CHMS scores of the student nurses were as follows: perceived susceptibility regarding breast cancer, 7.78±2.46; perceived seriousness regarding breast cancer, 22.4±5.43; perceived benefit regarding BSE application, 20.5±4.45; perceived barriers regarding BSE application, 23.8±7.13; perceived confidence regarding BSE application, 36.3±7.78; the mean score of health motivation sub-scale, 25.7±4.59; and mean of the total score of the scale, 36.5±15.01. The outcomes obtained in this study indicated the importance of better education to student nurses, who have a key role in teaching preventive health behaviour including BSE to society and other university students as colleagues.

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Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer among women worldwide that results in mortality
“Informative data form” and “Champion’s Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS)” were used as data collection forms. i) Informative data form: The informative data form was constructed by investigators and included a total of 12 questions. 4 of the questions were about the age, height, body weight and class of the student nurses, and 8 of which were about the breasts. ii) Champion’s Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CRHBMS)
Young women in university are at a low risk of breast cancer, the world health organization marks the importance of developing a knowledge concerning breast health at an early age (GUrsoy et al, 2009)

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Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer among women worldwide that results in mortality. One in every 8 women worldwide has breast cancer (Ferlay et al, 2010; Al-Naggar et al, 2011; DeSantis et al, 2011; Doshi et al, 2012; Akhtari-Zavare et al, 2013; Petro-Nustas et al, 2013). According to the most recent reports of the Turkish Cancer Registry, BC is currently the most commonly occurring female cancer in Turkey with an incidence of 35.5 cases per 100,000 of all cancers diagnosed in women (Ministry of Health of Turkey, 2005; Yilmaz et al 2011). Prognosis of the disease is worse in women between 50 and 64 years of age than those diagnosed later in life. One of the reasons for the bad prognosis in younger women is late detection of tumors in this age group (Umeh and Rogan-Gibson, 2001)

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