Development and Validation of Breast cancer and Breast self-examination scale to assess the Knowledge and attitude towards Breast cancer and Breast self-examination

Abstract

The second most prevalent type of cancer after lung cancer, breast cancer affects women more frequently than any other type.BSE is a screening method that women can use at home to find breast cancer early on. Whether female college students are sufficiently informed about breast cancer. They can aid in reducing the prevalence of breast cancer in their neighbourhood and assist in cancer prevention for themselves. As the nation's future mothers, they ought to be at least somewhat knowledgeable about breast cancer. The secondary objective was to perform its reliability and validity. Apart from referring to previous existing scales, were also considered while developing the scale. The scale was administered to a total of 1006 participants, from pharmacy, medical, nursing, and BSC &MSC with ages ranging from 18-33 years. The participants did not report any difficulty in understanding the questions. The final scale consists of (21-items development and validation of breast cancer and breast self-examination scale) with a content validity index (CVI=1), Pearson's 'r' value (0.96), Cronbach's Alpha (0.923). Hence (21-items development and validation of breast cancer and breast self-examination scale) turned out to be a reliable and valid tool in assessing knowledge, attitude about breast cancer and breast self-examination among female college students. The (21-items development and validation of breast cancer and breast self-examination scale) is expected to aid in the clinical evaluation and research the field.