The knowledge of teenagers about breast self-examination

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is in order to determine the knowledge of teenagers about breast self- examination (BSE). Methods: A descriptive study that was performed, were included 841 students in the centre of the Sinop. The data were collected via information form consisting 12 questions. The collected data were evaluated by SPSS statistical software version 14.0. Results: Overall, 17.4 % of them were in 1819 age group, whereas 61% of them were in 15-17 age group and 76.1% of the participiant were mid school graduated. However, 37.1 % of the participiants stated that they had never heard the term of BSE, where as 11.9 % of them stated that they had taken information from doctor, 14.6 % of them from nurse. Presents conditions related with BSE, 30.1 % of the participiants know how to perform BSE and 86.6 % of participiants believe the benefit of BSE on early diagnosis of breast cancer. Conclusion: According to results of the study, the ratios of state of being heard about BSE, knowing how to do it, and believing the importance of BSE in early diagnosis of the participiants were low.