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A Pre-experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Video Assisted Teaching (VAT) on Attitude, Knowledge and Skill Regarding Breast Self-Examination (BSE) Among Staff Nurses

Vijay V. R, T.M. Arun, S. Kumbhakar, S. Debnat, S. Sarka, P. Parida

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Breast cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths after lung, stomach, liver and colorectal cancers. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of video assisted teaching (VAT) on attitude, knowledge and skill regarding breast self-examination (BSE) and to find out the association between knowledge and skills of staff nurses with their selected demographic variables. A pre experimental pretest–posttest research design was employed. One hundred and thirty staff nurses working in selected hospitals of Bhubaneswar, Odisha were included in the study. Subjects were prearranged on the basis of nonprobability purposive sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio demographic data and to assess knowledge and attitude whereas a checklist was used to assess the skill of the subjects. The result shows that VAT has significantly improved attitude, knowledge and skill of nurses regarding BSE. The study also revealed the presence of statistically significant association between educational qualification and skill of performing BSE. The entire subjects started doing BSE regularly as well as agreed to teach the patients regarding BSE after the implementation of VAT



Keywords: breast self-examination, video assisted teaching, staff nurses

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