Volume 24, Issue 101, January - February, 2020

Factors related with breast selfexamination in women: A cross-sectional study in Tehran Province, Iran

Seyed Fahim Irandoost¹, Sina Ahmadi², Homeira Sajjadi³, Hassan Rafiey⁴, Farhad Nosrati Nejad³, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Gharehghani⁴, Neda Soleimanvandiazar^5,6, Sayede Mahboobeh Hosseini⁷, Salah Eddin Karimi^8♦

¹PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
²Department of Social Welfare Management, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³Department of Social Welfare Management, Social Welfare Management Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁵Department of Social Welfare Management, Social Welfare Management Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁶Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁷Educational Assistant of Kashani hospital, Educational specialist, Shahrekord University of Medical Science, Shahrekord, Iran
⁸Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

ABSTRACT

Background: Breast self-examination is one of the primitive methods to diagnosis of breast cancer as one of the health problems in the world. Breast self-examination as a low costs and simple method that can be performed without the need for health personnel, can increase patient’s survival chance through primitive diagnose of disease with more accurate diagnostic follow up. Considering the importance of breast self-examination, this study was conducted to determine an effective factor on breast self-examination among Tehranian women in 2018. Methods: In this Cross-sectional Study We surveyed a total of 859 women from Tehran that were participated in the study during the autumn 2018 about factors associated with Breast self-examination. Participant ages ranged from 30 to 65 years. Binary Logistic regression model was used to examine the relationship between Breast self-examination and a set of predictive variables. Result: Study result showed that 42.1% of participant performed breast self- examination at least once in their lifetime. associated with self-examination Multivariable model shows that age (OR=1.816; 95%CI=1.084-3.044), home status (OR=.430; 95%CI=.289-.640), ethnicity (OR=.638; 95%CI=.448-.90),birth place (OR=.502; 95%CI=.247-.968), marital status (OR=4.321; 95%CI=1.478-12.629), job status (OR=3.894; 95%CI=1.464-10.363), income (OR=2.023; 95%CI=1.066-3.840), Problem in breast (OR=.161; 95%CI=.110-.237), Preventive behaviors of breast cancer (OR=5.864; 95%CI=2.445-14.062) were predictive behaviors of breast self- examination. Conclusion: Findings suggested the requirement of increasing self - examination and enforcing Preventive behaviors of breast cancer with society-based education. Efforts to enhance literacy level and awareness of breast self-examination through educational interventions, media plans, and academic environments such as school and university should be one of the priorities in the field of breast cancer prevention in metropolitans and societies.

Keywords: Breast Cancer, Screening, Breast Self-Examination, Breast Health Behavior

Medical Science, 2020, 24(101), 190-200

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