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Volume 7, Issue 9 (Suppl)
Gynecol Obstet (Sunnyvale), an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0932
Gynecologic Cancers 2017
August 29-30, 2017
2
nd
International Congress on
August 29-30, 2017 | London, UK
Contemporary Issues in
Women Cancers & Gynecologic Oncology
Breast self-examination knowledge and practice among Kuwaiti women
Maha Al-Sejari
Kuwait University, Kuwait
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reast cancer (BC) is the most common type of cancer among women living in both developed and developing countries
and one of the most common causes of death among women in developing countries. Most cases of breast cancer are
diagnosed at late stages of the disease due to insufficient knowledge about breast self-examination (BSE) and clinical breast
examination. The study objective is to report Kuwaiti women’s practice, knowledge, and etiological reasons that discourage
women from performing BSEs. A questionnaire was distributed among 716 women of ages between 15 and 62 years old with
two scales, (1) Knowledge of BSE performance and (2) Reasons for not practicing BSE, as well as socio-demographic questions.
The findings show that Kuwaiti women’s reasons for not practicing BSE were related to the fact that the majority (78.1%) did
not know about the frequency of performing BSE, nor how to perform it. The participants (70.7%) also claimed that they
did not know the right time to perform BSE. There was a significant relationship between the participants’ ethnic roots, BC
frequency among them, family history of breast cancer, and family history of cancer and the participants’ knowledge about
performing BSE (P<0.05). Also, there is significant relationship between participants’ BSE awareness and age, educational level,
marital status, and family history of breast cancer (P<0.01). And there was no significant relationship between participants’
religious sect, BSE performance, belief in detecting BC by BSE practice, and belief in the possibility of recovering from BC, and
knowledge about BSE.
Biography
Maha AlSejari has completed her PhD from Ohio State University. She is Editor in Chief of Journal of Social Science of Kuwait University. She has published more
than 11 papers in reputed journals.
huna1973@hotmail.comMaha Al-Sejari, Gynecol Obstet (Sunnyvale) 2017, 7:9 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932-C1-019