Abstract

A breast self-exam involves checking your breasts for lumps or changes. Many breast problems are first discovered by women themselves, often accidentally. Breast lumps can be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). Breast cancer can occur at any age, though it is most common in women older than 50. Lumps or changes also could also be signs of other breast conditions, like mastitis or a fibro adenoma. Breast cancer is third most common cancer following Kaposi’s sarcoma and cervical cancer with incident rate of 22 per 100,000 women. It is recommended that ladies over the age of 20 years perform monthly breast self-examination. The present study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding breast self-examination. Objectives of the study: To assess the knowledge regarding breast self-examination among the Nursing students; To find out the association between knowledge score of breast self-examination with selected demo graphical variable. Research methodology: A descriptive design was used to select 60 nursing students purposively. Self administered questionnaire was used to collect information. The collected data were exported into SPSS for analysis Result: A total of 60 nursing students participate in the study. Majority of nursing students 48.3 % (29) had good knowledge regarding breast self-examination and among them 41.7 % (25) had average knowledge and only 10 % (6) had below average knowledge regarding breast self-examination. Conclusion and Recommendations: knowledge of breast self-examination was low even through majority of them have good attitude. The ministry of health is recommended to promote awareness about breast self-examination.

Keywords: Breast self-examination; Nursing students