Factors influencing self-breast cancer screening practrices among nurses and midwives working at King Faisal hospital.

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is a second leading cause of death among all cancers and is the number one among the cancer which kill women. According to WHO, 2018 ,627000 women died due to breast cancer. The North Africa has the highest incidence followed by Sab-Saharan Africa. Despite the availability of three approaches (BSE, CBE and mammography) used in cancer screening, in Rwanda it was found that breast cancer is diagnosed at a late stage. Predictors to make nurses and midwives working at KFH to do breast cancer screening are to be investigated. Objectives: The main objective of this study is to look for the factors of breast cancer screening among Nurses and Midwives working at KFH. Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study conducted on 226 nurses and midwives working at KFH who filled questionnaires conveniently. Data analysis: The collected data were entered into SPSS version 21 to be analyzed after coding them. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used. Results: In this study 88,3% are married and 11,7% are single. About the level of education 5,6% had masters,41,1% have bachelor‘s degree,43,3% had an advanced diploma and 10% had A2. Nurses and midwives working at KFH use BSE at 81,1%, CBE at 36,1% and Mammography at 7.7%. There was no factor found to predict the use of BSE. Age , marital status , Sex and attending clinical breast examination were factors of doing mammography among nurses and midwives working at KFH.On other hand feeling pain in the breast and burning of the breast were factors of doing clinical breast examination among Nurses and Midwives working at KFH. Conclusion: Age, marital status, sex and attending clinical breast examination before were factors of doing mammography whereas feeling pain in the breast and burning of the breast were predictors of doing clinical breast examination.