Gaurav R Sinha, Madhubalan Viswanathan, Christopher R Larrison
Student loan debt and mental health: a comprehensive review of scholarly literature from 1900 to 2019
Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)
breast selfexamination bse considered one main screening methods detecting earlier stages breast cancer useful technique practiced every month women 20 years considering breast cancer among women globally contributed 685000 deaths 2020 however practice breast selfexamination among healthcare professionals low many developing countries well known rwanda therefore research intended measure level breast selfexamination practice associated factors among female healthcare professionals working selected hospitals kigali rwanda crosssectional study conducted among 221 randomly selected female healthcare professionals four district hospitals kigali rwanda selfadministered structured questionnaire used data collection instrument predictor variables sociodemographic obstetrics variables knowledge breast cancer breast selfexamination well attitude towards breast cancer breast selfexamination sample statistics frequencies proportions mean used recapitulate findings univariate analysis multiple logistic regression analysis employed identify statistically significant variables predict breast selfexamination practice adjusted odds ratio 95 confidence level reported pvalue 005 used declare statistical significance breast selfexamination practiced 435 female healthcare professionals prevalence low compared studies attitude towards breast selfexamination breast cancer predictor variable significantly associated breast selfexamination practice aor 1032 95 ci 1001 1065 pvalue 0042 however number pregnancy number children significantly associated bse practice multivariate analysis addition positive linear link knowledge attitude correlation coefficient r 0186 p 0005 breast selfexamination practice among healthcare professionals found low attitude towards breast cancer breast selfexamination positively associated bse practice moreover attitude knowledge positively correlated suggests need continuous medical education breast selfexamination breast cancer increase knowledge bse practice level female healthcare professionals