Kontakt 2019, 21(1):39-43 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2019.002

Barriers and facilitators of breast self-examination among rural women of procreative ageNursing - Original article

Sasmita Das*, Sagarika Sahoo, Sefali Moharana
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, SUM Nursing College, Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Aim: This study aimed to assess the barriers and facilitators in practicing breast self-examination (BSE) in rural women of procreative age, for detecting breast cancer in a state of Eastern India.

Methods: Considering the medical significance of breast cancer in society, a quasi-experimental study was designed, where a pre-test and post-test was conducted with a self-structured questionnaire and checklist, to explore facilitators and barriers and the effect of BSE in these women. This study conveniently sampled the rural women within the procreative age group of 15 to 50, according to selection criteria by trained nursing professionals. Initially, 553 women were selected in the study. However, only 502 of them were used for final analysis and the other 51 were excluded due to inadequate responses.

Results: After the one-month study period, the results of the post-test study were statistically extremely significant when compared to the pre-test results regarding the knowledge and steps of BSE. No significant association was found between barriers, the facilitator of BSE and other demographic factors.

Conclusions: This study concluded that BSE technique can be used by all rural women in the procreative age group - with the help of trained health care professionals and nurses - who can make them understand the importance of BSE in the detection of breast cancer.

Keywords: Barriers; Breast cancer; Breast self-examination; Facilitator

Received: April 16, 2018; Accepted: November 27, 2018; Prepublished online: February 28, 2019; Published: March 27, 2019  Show citation

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Das S, Sahoo S, Moharana S. Barriers and facilitators of breast self-examination among rural women of procreative age. Kontakt. 2019;21(1):39-43. doi: 10.32725/kont.2019.002.
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