Role of educational intervention in increasing the knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian women about breast self examination

Abstract

Objective of the study was to evaluate effectiveness of educational intervention on increasing of knowledge, attitude and practice of women about Breast Self Examination (BSE) Randomized controlled trial. A table of married women aged 15-50 years who referred to the preventive health care contents. For the purpose of statistical analysis paired t-test and square correlation were used by SPSS software version 12. Subjects were divided in to intervention group and control group (each group containing 100 women). Initially, knowledge, attitude and practice of women were evaluated and then educational program about Breast Self examination were performed by video clips, every months till 6 months. After 6 months the subjects were followed up and questionnaire was filled. The results showed that mean age of women was 31 years. 73.7% of them had primary education 78.8% women had no problem in breast, 17.2% of women had increased size. Also the result determined that there was a meaningful relationship between age and skills of women about BSE(p=0.005). There was significant relationship between literacy and BSE (P=0.000); intervention groups had greater confidence in performing BSE, compared with controls but performed them on an irregular basis. Conclusion: Routine teaching of women about BSE can be effective in increasing their knowledge and skills and the best way of screening women at risk of breast cancer and death from breast cancer.