Effectiveness Of Planned Teaching Intervention on Knowledge Of Breast Self-Examination Among Nursing And Midwife Students In First- And Second-Year At Jamhuriya University

Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan; Sumaya Yusuf Abdisamaed; Caisha Abdullahi Mohamed; Khadiija Mohamed Jamal; Faduma Ali Ahmed; Naima Shire Ahmed

doi:10.59067/afjhms.v7i.5

Authors

Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan Department of nursing and midwifery Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology, Mogadishu, Somalia
Sumaya Yusuf Abdisamaed Advance Medical Research, Jamhuriya Research Center, Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology, Mogadishu, Somalia
Caisha Abdullahi Mohamed
Khadiija Mohamed Jamal
Faduma Ali Ahmed
Naima Shire Ahmed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59067/afjhms.v7i.5

Keywords:

Breast cancer, Breast self-examination, knowledge, PTI

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide after skin cancer. When a breast change is detected in its early stages, chances of surviving the disease are greatly improved. Regularly examining her own breasts allows a woman to become familiar with how her breasts normally look and can help her more readily detect any changes that may occur.
Objectives

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching intervention on knowledge of breast self-examination among nursing and midwife students first and second years at Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology.
Methodology
Pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design was conducted among first year and second year nurses and midwife students at Jamhuriya University Science and Technology (JUST) from December 2020 to August 2021. A sample of 70 students participated in studthe and students were selected using probability sampling techniques. Data collection tools of this study were structured knowledge questionnaire andanalyzedg by using SPSS version (20.0) and presented in frequency tables & figures. Paired “test was used to comparthe e pretespost-teststtest knowledge score.

Result
The results that we found were a that the mean post-test knowledge scores (6.13), median (6.00), mode (6), range 3) and St. Deviation (0.797) of breast self-examination among first- and second-year studentsares significantly higher than that of the mean of pretest (2.97), media (3.00), mode (3), range (1) and std deviation (0.168). There was a significant difference between the mean posttest and pretest knowledge scores (t= -21.528, df=69, P-value 0.000).
Conclusion
Nursing and midwifes are two health personnel’s working in the community should be equipped with adequate knowledge and skill to educate the women on breast self-examination. The study suggests further study about practice toward breast self- examination.