The Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Women towards Breast Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early identification of breast cancer may result in earlier treatment and a lower mortality rate. This fact has resulted in the development of screening programs to detect breast cancer in its early stages; thus, the current study sought to investigate the influence of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude, and practice about breast cancer screening in Izeh, Khozestan Province, Iran.

Materials and methods

This experiment was carried out on the women of Izeh city in 2019. This study included 120 women who were randomized into the experimental and control groups at random (60 in the experimental and 60 in the control groups). Before and two months after the intervention, data were collected using a researcher-created questionnaire by the control and educat

SUBMITTER: Rakhshani T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9162849 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature