Prevalence and factors affecting breast self-examination behavior among Thai women in area of a semi-urban community
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Background: Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among Thai women. Breast self-examination (BSE) is a method prevention and detection of early-stage cancer abnormalities, but there are still fewer regular examinations, which may be caused by many factors that affect BSE.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors affecting BSE behavior among Thai women in a semi-urban community.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. The sample consisted of 295 women who lived in a semi-urban community. Data were collected using questionnaires that included general data, predisposing factors, facilitating factors, reinforcing factors, and BSE behavior. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis with univariate and multivariate analysis at a statistically significant level of 0.05.
Results: In terms of the prevalence of BSE, most of the samples last year had BSE in (96.30%). Factors that significantly influent BSE behavior (p<0.05) included being over 40 years old, educated, having an income of more than 5,000 baht per month, having knowledge about breast cancer at intermediate-level, having knowledge about breast cancer at high-level, having resources that facilitate BSE at a high level, and having high-level social support related to knowledge and BSE.
Conclusions: The responsible organization should promote knowledge and behaviors regarding BSE, provide resources that facilitate BSE, and provide social support to stimulate BSE on a regular basis, and BSE protection campaigns for target groups in the community.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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