Factors related to breast self-examination behavior among women aged 30-70 years in Bang Nam Phueng Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan

Abstract

          This study “Factors related to breast self-examination behavior among women aged 30-70 years in Bang Nam Phueng Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province” was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The aim of this study was to learn about the association between personal factors, knowledges and attitudes with breast self-examination behavior among women aged
30-70 years in Bang Nam Phueng Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province. The respondents were 342 women aged 30-70 years. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. For the data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics; Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient, Chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact Test were employed. The results showed that the mean of age is 66.94 years old. The respondents were married 90.40%. The education background shows that 46.20% of the respondents has finished in primary school. In occupation, 64.60% of the respondents were unemployed and housewife. There are 90.60% of the respondents have no family member's history of breast cancer. The knowledges and attitudes, the respondent’s rate in very good level with 92.10% and 95.00%. Meanwhile, breast self-examination behavior was in good level with 95.00%. As for the association, it was found that the personal factors; occupation and family member's history of breast cancer was associated with breast self-examination behavior with statistical significance at 0.05
(p-value < 0.001 and p-value = 0.017). Moreover, the knowledges and attitudes had a very low level that positively associated with breast self-examination behavior with statistical significance at 0.05 (r = 0.131, p-value = 0.016 and r = 0.129, p-value = 0.017)