EFFECT OF A PREVENTIVE BREAST CANCER GUIDELINE ON ATTITUDE OF HEALTHY WOMEN WITH FAMILY HISTORY | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 87-101 PDF (541.54 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2021.179805 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Rania Elbasuony; Eman Fadel ; Amina El-Nemer
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| Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Worldwide, incidence of breast cancer is rapidly rising. Cancer prevention strategies can provide appropriate and cost-effective opportunities to reduce cancer mortality in the next decades. Aim: Assess the effect of a preventive breast cancer guideline on attitude of healthy women with family history. Study design: A quasiexperimental research design using pre-post one arm intervention study. Study Subjects: A purposive sample of fifty healthy women with family history of breast cancer attending the Oncology Center in Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura city, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used for data collection. The first was a Structured Interview Questionnaire to assess the woman's general characteristics, reproductive history and assessing risk factors, the second was Attitude Questionnaire regarding breast cancer; the third was Follow-up Card to check the participants’ attendance. Results: The study findings revealed statistically significant improvement in the healthy women's attitude regarding BC prevention after implementing of the preventive guideline than before. Conclusion: The study hypothesis was accepted which indicated that the preventive cancer guideline was an effective tool to improve the healthy women's attitude regarding BC. Recommendation: Applying further nursing programs to improve women's attitude regarding prevention of breast cancer especially for the high-risk group. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Attitude Breast cancer; Guideline; Prevention | ||||
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