Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding breast self-examination and prevention of breast cancer among nun sisters residing in Thrissur district. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding breast self-examination and prevention of breast cancer among nun sisters, evaluate the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding breast self-examination and prevention of breast cancer among nun sisters, find out the association between knowledge, attitude and practice regarding breast self-examination and prevention of breast cancer with their demographic variables among nun sisters. The study was based on the frame work of ‘Health belief model’. A preexperimental one group pretest and posttest design was used, and a purposive sampling was used to select 100 nun sisters. Pretest was conducted by using structured knowledge questionnaire, structured attitude scale, structured practice check list and a structured teaching programme was given on the same day. Posttest was done after two weeks. The mean pretest score of knowledge, attitude and practice were 13.730 (SD-2.8064), 59.170 (SD-5.7403) and 4.390 (SD-2.6088), respectively. In the posttest the mean score was 18.610 (SD-2.3948) for knowledge, 61.540 (SD-6.1306) for attitude and 7.010 (SD-3.4975) for practice. The calculated ‘t’ value of pretest and posttest mean score of knowledge, attitude and practice were 16.748(p<0.001), 3.67(p<0.001) and 7.716(p<0.001), respectively. Therefore, it is evident that the structured teaching programme was highly effective in improving the knowledge, attitude and practice of nun sisters regarding BSE and prevention of breast cancer. A statistically significant (p<0.05) associations found between pretest level of knowledge with years of religious life, level of attitude with education, occupation and age of menopause.
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