Breast Cancer Awareness among Saudi Nursing Students

Yousuf, Shadia Abdullah

doi:10.4197/med.17-3.6

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“…More than half of the nurses (67%) had good knowledge of BC signs and symptoms. These results are similar to that seen in other studies in Saudi Arabia (Yousuf, 2010), Nigeria (Odusanya and Tayo, 2001) and Singapore (Chong, 2004). This is in contrast to the findings of studies conducted in Nigeria (Akhigbe and Omuemu, 2009), Pakistan (Ahmed et al, 2006), and Morocco (Ghanem et al, 2011).…”

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Do Saudi Nurses in Primary Health Care Centres have Breast Cancer Knowledge to Promote Breast Cancer Awareness?

Yousuf¹,

Amoudi²,

Nicolas³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among cancer patients in Saudi Arabia. It is known that nurses play a key role in promoting breast cancer awareness among women in any society. Nurses in primary health care centres (PHCC) have more direct contact with general population. This study aimed to investigate nurse knowledge of breast cancer and practice of early screening in PHCC in Jeddah city. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire to assess the general knowledge of breast cancer, risk factors, and practice of 210 PHCC nurses. Data were analysed using SPSS v.16. Results: The mean age of the PHCC Nurses was 36.9 (SD ±8.6). Only 11% percent scored <50% of the total score for general epidemiological knowledge on breast cancer, about 35% scored <50% of the total score for breast cancer risk factors. Sixty seven percent scored >75% of the total score on breast cancer signs. Majority of nurses 62.8% practiced BSE, but only 4% practiced regularly every month. Some 28% practiced once per year. About 81% of the nurses had not had a clinical breast examination and only 14% had had a mammography. The results of the study failed to show any correlation between the knowledge scores with age, education, year of experience, family history of BC and marital status of the nurses. Conclusion:The results from the study reflect that there is a need to provide continuing nursing education programmes for PHCC nurses to improve their breast cancer knowledge and practice .

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Do Saudi Nurses in Primary Health Care Centres have Breast Cancer Knowledge to Promote Breast Cancer Awareness?

Yousuf¹,

Amoudi²,

Nicolas³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Raising awareness will lead to early detection of breast cancer and play an important role in reducing complications and mortality. 17 Regarding the level of awareness results showed that 34.2% of the respondents had good knowledge. This level awareness is higher than that reported among students of University of Sharjah and Ajman of UAE and Jordan.…”

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Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among future female university graduates: comparison between medical and non-medical students

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INTRODUCTIONBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women in both developed and developing world. It is estimated that 508,000 women died in 2011 due to breast cancer. 1 The incidence of breast cancer is increasing in the developing world due to increase life expectancy, increase urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles. Although some risk reduction might be achieved with prevention, these strategies cannot eliminate the majority of breast ABSTRACTBackground: Breast cancer is a common health problem among females in Saudi Arabia. The disease account for 27% of all female malignancies representing 25.1% of all newly diagnosed female cancers. The objectives of the current study were to assess the level of carcinoma breast awareness of female university students, Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia and to compare the level of awareness, breast self-examination and breast cancer screening between medical and non-medical students. Methods: The current study was a cross-sectional, conducted among female students in Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia. The stratified and the systematic sampling were employed to select the colleges and the students respectively. The sample size was calculated as 325. Data was collected by a pre tested questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS. Results:The university students who acquired good knowledge were 111 (34.2%). Students who acquired average and poor knowledge were 42.2% and 23.6% respectively. Medical students who had good knowledge were 37.6% compared to 26.9% of non-medical students. The results showed that 94 (28.9%) of the participants practice breast self-examination and 25 (7.6%) performed a screening test. Conclusions:The study concluded that Majmaah University students' awareness of carcinoma breast is low. There is no significant difference in the level of awareness between students of medical colleges and those of non-medical colleges. The level of practicing breast self-examination and performing screening test for carcinoma breast among female university students is low. There is a significant difference in performing carcinoma breast screening test between medical and non-medical students.

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“…Generally, we can consider that items that have a mean equal or more the 3 have more agreement as perceived by the participant; those items include item number 5,12,13,10,11,14,15,4,18,1,7,9,8,6,19,26; those items are arranged from the most agreed items to the less agreed items by the participants. On the other hand, items that have a mean less than 3 have less agreement as perceived by the participants; those items include item number 3,16,20,22,2,21,17,25,24,23; those items are arranged from the most agreed items to the less agreed. In other word, the majority of participants believed that BC is dangerous to their health.…”

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“…It is one of the studies in SA that aim to assess the perception of Saudi female adolescent toward BC in Riyadh city. A study conducted in SA estimated that the future burden of BC in SA is expected to increase by approximately 35% by 2025 [21]. In SA limited studies about Saudi female adolescent perception of BC.…”

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Using Health Belief Model to Probe Female Adolescent Perception About Breast Cancer in Riyadh City

Alharbi¹,

Al-Haji²,

Moawed³

et al. 2017

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Abstract:The perceived of those susceptible to breast cancer (BC) such as female adolescent is significant. Early detection lead to early prevention. The present study aimed to probe the perception of female adolescent at age group of 15-20 years in Riyadh about BC (phenomena) and the relationship between demographic characteristics of students and their perception regarding BC as a way of improving high school student toward health knowledge. A cross-sectional prospective study conducted among governmental and private school students. The study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from February to May 2014. A Representative probability sample of secondary school girls (n=917) in both Governmental and private was recruited for conducting this study. A structured questionnaire was developed which included part about four constructs of Health Belief Model and other parts about sociodemographic data and items related to students' source of information about BC. The validity and reliability for the scale was established. It was found that the perceived level of participants was moderate (M=3; SD =1.07) which provide an important baseline data about perception of toward BC. It is crucial to improve students level of perception toward BC and practice of breast self-examination (BSE) among female adolescent students within community. A further study is needed to explore the perception of female adolescent using both quantitative and qualitative methodology to elicit cultural issue in BC perception and breast self-exam.

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Breast Cancer Awareness among Saudi Nursing Students

Cited by 25 publications

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Do Saudi Nurses in Primary Health Care Centres have Breast Cancer Knowledge to Promote Breast Cancer Awareness?

Do Saudi Nurses in Primary Health Care Centres have Breast Cancer Knowledge to Promote Breast Cancer Awareness?

Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among future female university graduates: comparison between medical and non-medical students

Using Health Belief Model to Probe Female Adolescent Perception About Breast Cancer in Riyadh City

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