Barriers to Perform BSE of the Viewpoint of Women Nurses Working in Hospitals AsadabadCity of Hamadan in 2014

Breast cancer is a major health concern and a cause of deaths in women worldwide. Although BSE have a significant role in reducing morbidity and promote early diagnosis of breast cancer among women, but the percentage of women refrain from doing it . Therefore, the present studywas performed to investigate the barriers to perform BSE Of the Viewpoint of women nurses working in hospitals Asadabad city of Hamadan in 2014 Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, all nurses (n = 100) employed in Asadabad city hospitals were studied.The data collection tool was a valid and reliable questionnaire. To analyze the data, spss statistical software (version 16) and descriptive statistics (simple and relative frequency, mean and standard deviation) was used .Results: The response rate of 74 % (74 patients). The mean age of the sample was 29.3±5.67. 49.6% nurses were single and 70 % were less than 10 years of experience. Nearly half of the sample (47.3%) did not perform breast self-examination and 75 % (n = 55) did not go to a doctor for a breast exam annually. Some of the barriers to perform BSE include lack of awareness(8.1%) , lack of time (8.1% ) , lack of belief tothe BSE (6.8%) , forget (6.8% ) and fear of finding a tumor (2.7% ) respectively. Conclusion: According to results of the study and given a prominent role of breast self-examination in reducing morbidity and mortality from breast cancer is necessary performing person and non -persontraining courses in order to changing perspectives of nurses about breast self-examination.

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breast cancer ، breast self-examination ، nurses ، Barriers