Assessing the Knowledge and Effect of Planned Teaching Regarding Breast Cancer and Breast Self-Examination (BSE) among Perimenopausal Women in Selected Urban Community of Mumbai

Abstract

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1, 93,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every year with an estimated 40,000 deaths. It is thus very important that women themselves are made aware about the importance of breast self-examination, which is possible through adequate information and motivation by the health care provider itself. With the promise that the incidence of breast cancer is preventable and curable with proper awareness through nurses, an evaluator approach pre-test post-test study involving 50 perimenopausal womens was undertaken. The findings proved that planned teaching can improve the knowledge of the women to a great extent and improve the practice of breast self-examination. Thus, it is possible to reduce the breast cancer-related mortality and morbidity rate through self-examination of the breast.