Volume 26, Issue 120, February 2022

Perception, attitude and experience of women living in Jeddah with or without Breast lump towards BSE & mammography: Pre- Post study

Helen Suban Mohammed Gouse¹, Sherehan Mohammed Ali Wahid², Renad Al Gaedy², Dania Abdu Al Ahdal², Ghadeer Abbas Katib², Riham Melebari², Intessar Emam Sultan³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Community Coordinator of Medicine Program, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
²Medical intern, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
³Head of Department of Medicine Program, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Saudi Arabia with a higher mortality rate in comparison to other more advanced countries. This study aims to judge the effectiveness of awareness campaigns by assessing the improvement in knowledge regarding breast cancer and attitude towards screening after attending breast cancer awareness campaign, in addition to exploring areas of defective knowledge. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study is a community-based pre-post study. A pre-campaign questionnaire was distributed among 119 females to assess their knowledge about cancer of breast and attitude towards its screening methods from September 2020 to September 2021. After which an online awareness campaign was conducted due to Covid-19 restriction to educate the participants on breast cancer and its screening methods. This was followed by the distribution of a post-campaign questionnaire to assess improvement in knowledge and attitude. The collected data was then analyzed using Microsoft Excel software and IBM SPSS. Results and Conclusion: A significant increase was observed in the total scores of all participants (p=0.00) along with number of correct answers for knowledge and misconception related questions (p=0.003, p=0.021) after attending the awareness programs. There was a smaller increase in participant percentage with an encouraging attitude towards mammograms than towards BSE after the awareness campaign was conducted. Recommendations: More effective awareness campaigns should be conducted across the Kingdom and females need to be reassured regarding their concerns about mammograms.

Keywords: Screening of Breast cancer, Breast Self-Examination (BSE), mammogram, awareness campaign, early detection, metastasis

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms63e2060

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i120/ms63e2060

Published: 12 February 2022