EFFECT OF A PREVENTIVE BREAST CANCER GUIDELINE ON ATTITUDE OF HEALTHY WOMEN WITH FAMILY HISTORY

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

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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.

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Mansoura Nursing Journal
Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2021
Pages 87-101

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