Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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The Knowledge and Practice of the Breast Self-examination in Women who got health check up

건강 진단 수검 여성들의 유방 자가 검진에 대한 인식도 및 실천정도에 관한 연구

  • Jeong, Soo-Jin (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Choi, Soon-Seok (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Park, Jun-Han (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Urm, Sang-Hwa (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Jeong, Kui-Won (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Lee, Chae-Un (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
  • Bae, Ki-Taek (Department of preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University)
  • 정수진 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 최순석 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 박준한 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 엄상화 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정귀원 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이채언 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 배기택 (인제대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 1998.12.01
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Abstract

The methods for the early diagnosis of breast cancer are mammography, physical examination, breast self-examination(BSE). This study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and practice of BSE by structured questionnaire which included questions on general characteristics, performance of mammography, physical examination of breast, knowledge and practice of BSE. The subjects in this study were 412 females between 20 and 69 year old who visit to the Health Care Center of College of medicine of Inje University from December 1997 to February 1998. The results were as follows. 1. Women who have Soften the regular mammography are 8.19% of these subjects and women who have gotten the regular physical examination by doctors are 4.19% of these subjects. 2. Regarding BSE, 77.4% of these subjects said that they knew BSE and 3.88% of these subjects said that they practiced BSE regularly. It was that women who knew BSE were more younger, better-educated and higher economic status(p=0.001) and lived a normal life with he. husband(p=0.033). And women who practiced BSE regularly were more younger, and married(p=0.001). 3. The most common barrier to doing BSE is 'Do not see the needs/worry unnecessarily', and the most common reasons for doing BSE is 'Early detection of Breast cancer'. 4. The overall frequency and percentage distribution of recommended BSE step in Korea is lower than U.S.A.

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