Volume 27, Issue 134, April 2023

The effect of breast cancer awareness on young females, their knowledge and self-examination skills

Saad Ali S Aljohani^1♦, Rania Ezzat Mufti¹, Jori Osama Kareem Bakhsh², Faris Merghani A Elmahdi^1♦

¹Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, Alrayan Colleges, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²College of Medicine, Medical Students, College of Medicine, Alrayan Colleges, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, Alrayan Colleges, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, KSA

ABSTRACT

Background: The most prevalent cancer in the world is breast cancer form of cancer in women and its incidence is rising in a number of nations. Breast self-examination is a basic and straightforward method for women to discover breast changes. Objective: The purpose of this research is to identify the workshops on breast cancer awareness effect on female students. Using a set of questionnaires developed for the study, breast cancer knowledge and breast self-examination skills of the participants were evaluated prior to and following the workshop. Methodology: A quasi-experimental study was carried out. Participants' understanding of breast cancer and prowess in performing breast self-examinations (BSE) were assessed prior to and following the workshop using a collection of surveys created especially for the study. Results: After the awareness workshop, participants' understanding of breast cancer increased substantially, according to the data. Conclusion: Based on the research's results, we believe that private and public schools in Al-Madina should provide regular workshops in regard to breast self-examination and breast cancer for female students for the purpose of expanding their understanding, confidence and ability to teach other females about early diagnosis of breast cancer.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Self-Examination, Awareness, Students

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e182ms2964

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i134/e182ms2964

Published: 06 April 2023