Hemşirelik Öğrencileri ve Annelerinin Sağlık İnançları ve Kendi Kendine Meme Muayene Davranışları: Karşılaştırmalı Kesitsel Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the effect of undergraduate education on nursing students and their mothers' health beliefs and breast self-examination (BSE) behaviors. Material and Methods: In this comparative and cross-sectional survey, the population of the study consisted of a total of 438 participants; including 219 volunteer students studying at the third and senior-year nursing students, and 219 their mothers. The data was collected using a questionnaire and Champion's Health Belief Model Scale. The data was collected by face-to-face interviews with the students in the classroom and by talking to the mothers on the phone. Results: It is the effective mothers' on performing BSE, students' BSE is 2.34-fold, and mothers' self-efficacy is 4.16-times, and mothers' perform regular BSE is 3.31-fold on students' perform BSE. The students' perception of barriers to performing the BSE was lower and their self‐efficacy and health motivation were higher, and their mothers' levels of perceived susceptibility and perceived barriers scores were significantly higher. Conclusion: It was determined that students did not inform their mothers about breast cancer and BSE at the expected level, and students and their mothers mostly did not practice BSE and BSE was affected by their health beliefs.