Study the Causes of the Women's Fear from Breast Self-Examination in Babylon Province Mohammed Hussein Jassim1,*, Hassan Abdul Rahim Mkhif2, Jassim Kadhim Hussein1, Igrish Mohamed1, Assad Alaa abd AL zahraa1, Ehmaid Huda Mebder1 1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq 2Babylon Health Directorate, Iraq *Corresponding author: Hussein Jassim Mohammed, Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Breast cancer is the greatest cancer of women worldwide, as well as in Iraq, which is considered as the most common malignancy distressing women, whose must exposed to breast Self-Examination (BSE) as one practice for early recognition for breast cancer, and should started at age 20 on monthly systematic bases. A descriptive correlational study used to assess an approach for the determinant factors contributes to women's fear of breast self-examination in Babylon. A purposive “non-probability” sample consist of (130) women who were free from breast problems and attended the health centers seeking health services. Questionnaire was designed for study objectives achievement; utilized for data collection, by self-reported questionnaire which includes two parts measured the sociodemographic variables (first part), and Commitment to BSE scale (second part) which consisted of 10 items, where the response range from strongly agree (high commitment) to strongly disagree (low commitment). Top Keywords Breast self-examination and women's fear. Top |