Abstract

VIRELLA TRUJILLO, María Elena et al. Resultados del conocimiento sobre factores de riesgo del cáncer de mama y autoexamen. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.1. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: breast cancer still continues the most frequent neoplasia in Cuba and worldwide. Objective: to modify the knowledge about risk factors and breast autoexam technique. Method: an educational intervention study in two doctor's offices of Camalote, in Guáimaro, from 2007 to 2008 was performed. The study universe was constituted by two-hundred eighty three women, between thirty and fifty years old, the sample remain conformed by sixty patients. A survey was applied that contains the selected variables. The obtained results were processed by automated methods, being used the statistical package Microstat. Results: the bad dietetic habits with (31,67%) and hormonal factors (21,66%) were the risk factors found, the 28,33% considered it important and carried out the mammary autoexam the 8,3%. After the educational intervention 53,33% began to carry out the technique taught starting from interiorize its importance. Conclusions: the intervention program was effective when being able to increase in a significant way the level of knowledge of all the analyzed variables.

Keywords : risk factors; breast self- examination; intervention estudies; adult; neoplasms; post-traumatic.

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