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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Determining the Factors that Affect Breast Cancer and Self Breast Examination Beliefs of Turkish Nurses in Academia

  • Yucel, Sebnem Cinar (Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University) ;
  • Orgun, Fatma (Department of Education of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University) ;
  • Tokem, Yasemin (Department of Medicine of Nursing, School of Nursing, Katip Celebi University) ;
  • Avdal, Elif Unsal (Department of Medicine of Nursing, School of Nursing, Katip Celebi University) ;
  • Demir, Muzeyyen (Dokuz Eylul University Hospital)
  • Published : 2014.02.01
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Abstract

Purpose: To define factors that affect the performance status of BSE and confidence of student nurses. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the academic year 2010-2011 in a nursing faculty in $\dot{I}$zmir, Turkey. "Informative data form" and "Champion's Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS)" were used as data collection forms. Results: The mean age of the participant nurses was $21.0{\pm}1.49$. The mean CHMS scores of the student nurses were as follows: perceived susceptibility regarding breast cancer, $7.78{\pm}2.46$; perceived seriousness regarding breast cancer, $22.4{\pm}5.43$; perceived benefit regarding BSE application, $20.5{\pm}4.45$; perceived barriers regarding BSE application, $23.8{\pm}7.13$; perceived confidence regarding BSE application, $36.3{\pm}7.78$; the mean score of health motivation sub-scale, $25.7{\pm}4.59$; and mean of the total score of the scale, $36.5{\pm}15.01$. Conclusions: The outcomes obtained in this study indicated the importance of better education to student nurses, who have a key role in teaching preventive health behaviour including BSE to society and other university students as colleagues.

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