A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured demonstration programme on knowledge and technique of Breast Self Examination (BSE) among college girls regarding early detection of breast cancer in selected degree college at Belagavi Karnataka.

Mone A; Kharde S

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured demonstration programme on knowledge and technique of Breast Self Examination (BSE) among college girls regarding early detection of breast cancer in selected degree college at Belagavi Karnataka.

Mone A, Kharde S

Abstract :

Breast cancer disease is on rise due to failure of awareness and compliance of young females to screening strategies of east cancer. Breast Self Examination (BSE) is one such screening strategy which female can perform regularly on her own. Young girls should be educated through various structured demonstration programmes about significance of BSE to empower them to practice which ultimately helps in early detection of east cancer.

Materials and method:Objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and technique of BSE regarding early detection of east cancer, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured demonstration programme on knowledge and technique of BSE and to find out the association between knowledge and technique of BSE regarding early detection of east cancer with selected demographic variable among degree college girls. Study was conducted on 90 degree college girls selected using purposive sampling technique by an evaluative research approach with a pre experimental one group pretest posttest design. Data was collected using structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist of BSE. Data was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: knowledge scores of BSE revealed that inpretest 56(62.2%) had average knowledge scores and in posttest all i.e. 90(100%) had good knowledge scores. Technique scores of BSE revealed inpretest 78(86.7%) of the girls had poor technique scores. Whereas in posttest 85(94.4%) had good technique score. knowledge and technique scores with paired�t� test was significant at p<0.05 level. Chi square at p<0.05 level for association between pretest knowledge scores and selected socio-demographic variables did not show any significant association. Whereas pretest technique scores and selected socio demographic variables revealed an association between educational level of father and technique score, whereas there was no significant association with other variables.

Conclusion: It was conclusive from the results that there was evident increase in the knowledge and technique of BSE after the administration of structured demonstration programme on BSE.