Abstract
Breast cancer is currently still the leading cause of death in women both in the world and in Indonesia. Fertile age women, a routine of Breast Self-Examination (BSE) can help them detect and prevent mortality from breast cancer. Knowledge is one of the main factors that contribute to the implementation of BSE. This study aims to determine the description of fertile age women’s knowledge regarding the early detection of breast cancer with BSE. This study used a quantitative descriptive design with a population that is the fertile age women in Tegal Panjang Village, Garut. The number of samples is 90 women gained by Cluster Random Sampling with Slovin’s formula. This study used a closed questionnaire consisting of 28 questions. The results showed that most of the fertile age women had a sufficient level of knowledge about early detection of breast cancer. In conclusion, the level of the respondent's knowledge regarding the early detection of breast cancer is still not optimal. This may be influenced by the low level of education and exposure to health education. Optimization of health education and health promotion needs to be done to increase fertile age women’s knowledge about BSE.
Highlights
Breast cancer is currently still the leading cause of death in women both in the world and in Indonesia
This study aims to determine the description of fertile age women’s knowledge regarding the early detection of breast cancer with Breast SelfExamination (BSE)
The results showed that most of the fertile age women had a sufficient level of knowledge about early detection of breast cancer
Summary
Sampel dalam penelitian ini dipilih berdasarkan kriteria inklusi yaitu usia WUS 35-54 tahun, sudah menikah, bersedia menjadi responden dan bisa baca dan tulis. Instrumen pengumpulan data yang akan digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner. Jenis kuesioner dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner tertutup yang sudah disediakan jawabannya sehingga responden tinggal memilih dengan pilihan jawaban a,b,c,dan d. Instrumen dalam penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner yang dikembangkan oleh Wulan pada tahun 2018 yang sebelumnya telah dilakukan uji validitas dan reliabilitas. Dari 30 pertanyaan 2 pertanyaan tidak valid sehingga tidak dipakai oleh peneliti karena 28 pertanyaan yang valid sudah mewakili pertanyaan tentang pengetahuan deteksi dini kanker payudara. Kuesioner dalam penelitian ini menggunakan skala Guttman dengan jawaban benar diberi nilai 1 dan salah diberi nilai 0
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