Research Article
Comparative Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female Secondary and Tertiary School Students in Ghana
Table 4
Participants attitudes towards BSE stratified by their educational level.
| | Variables | Total, | SHS, | Tertiary, | x2, | p-value | | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | df |
| | I think BSE is time consuming | | | | 10.0,2 | 0.007 | | agree | 65(6.3) | 34(52.3) | 31(47.7) | | | | not so sure | 194(18.7) | 69(35.6) | 125(64.4) | | | | disagree | 777(75.0) | 256(32.9) | 521(67.1) | | | | No FH of BC so no need to practice BSE | | | | 19.9,2 | <0.0001 | | agree | 107(10.3) | 57(53.3) | 50(46.7) | | | | not so sure | 105(10.1) | 40(38.1) | 65(61.9) | | | | disagree | 824(79.5) | 262(31.8) | 562(68.2) | | | | I will report a lump after waiting for a while | | | | 14.5,2 | 0.0007 | | agree | 231(22.3) | 101(43.7) | 130(56.3) | | | | not so sure | 217(20.9) | 81(37.3) | 136(62.7) | | | | disagree | 588(56.8) | 177(30.1) | 411(69.9) | | | | I will immediately report a lump in my breasts | | | | 3.7,2 | 0.158 | | agree | 851(82.1) | 301(35.4) | 550(64.6) | | | | not so sure | 112(10.8) | 30(26.8) | 82(73.2) | | | | disagree | 73(7.0) | 28(38.4) | 45(61.6) | | | | BSE is a good practice, and all women must be taught | | | | 10.6,2 | 0.005 | | agree | 998(96.3) | 337(33.8) | 661(66.2) | | | | not so sure | 25(2.4) | 16(64.0) | 9(36.0) | | | | disagree | 13(1.3) | 6(46.2) | 7(53.8) | | | | Attitude score | | | | | 0.005 | | Good attitude | 1006(97.1) | 341(33.9) | 665(66.1) | | | | Poor attitude | 30(2.9) | 18(60.0) | 12(40.0) | | |
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