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[Knowledge to predict the practice and attitude of breast self-examination]
María Teresa Reyes-Chacón1, Luis Reyner López-Arellanez2
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 46, Servicio de Coordinación Clínica. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Background:
Breast cancer is the first cause of death in women. Increasing knowledge about breast self-examination is expected to increase its practice.
Objective:
To determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breast self-examination in women over 20 years of age.
Material And Methods:
Cross-sectional study through a sample survey of 503 women over 20 years of age. Sociodemographic information and data required to evaluate knowledge, practices and attitudes about self-examination were collected. To identify the relationships, a structured equation model was tested.
Results:
The predictive capacity of the model for endogenous variables was low. The level of knowledge of the selfexamination is basic in 81.9%, 74% reported unfavorable attitudes and only 39.8% practice the self-examination.
Conclusions:
The study shows persistence of low levels of knowledge about the purpose of self-examination, an unfavorable attitude to carry it out and an incorrect practice of the technique.
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