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Index de Enfermería
versión On-line ISSN 1699-5988versión impresa ISSN 1132-1296
Resumen
UEKI-CARRASCO, Ayumi Liliana; RODRIGUEZ-CRUZ, Lisseth Dolores; DIAZ-MANCHAY, Rosa Jeuna y ANDRE, Tatiane Geralda. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of breast self-examination in rural area women. Index Enferm [online]. 2023, vol.32, n.3, e14285. Epub 04-Mar-2024. ISSN 1699-5988. https://dx.doi.org/10.58807/indexenferm20235882.
Objective:
To describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices about breast self-examination in women from a rural area.
Methods:
Quantitative study of non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 139 women living in a rural area in Lambayeque-Peru. For data collection, an adapted questionnaire was used, validated by expert judgment and with Cronbach’s alpha 0.88. The data was processed and analyzed using the SPSS version 25 program.
Results:
It was found that 94.96% are unaware of breast self-examination, 93.6% of the participants have a positive attitude to perform it, however, 64.7% never know about it.
Conclusions:
The women in the study present incorrect knowledge about breast self-examination, a positive attitude towards this technique, but an inadequate practice. It is necessary to expand health educational coverage and strategies so that this population knows and practices breast self-examination.
Palabras clave : Knowledge; Attitudes and practices in health; Breast self- examination; Women; Rural area.