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 Volume 9, Issue 5 (May 2022), Pages: 166-171

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among female nursing students at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Jazi Shaydied Alotaibi 1, *, Jehan ElRazkey 2, Abdulrhman Albougami 1, Bader Awadh Alrasheadi 1, Ahmed Mansour Almansour 1, Sharifa Alasiry 1, Amira Yahia Boshra Yahia 1, Wdad Alanzy 1, Khalaf Alotaibi 3, Mohammed Alqahtani 4, Ahmad Abdullah Alfaisal 5, Fayez Dhaifallah Alotaibi 6, Abdullah Faihan Alotaibi 7, Mohammed Saed Almudhaybiri 8

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
 2Faculty of Nursing, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
 3Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Science - Dawadmi Campus, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia
 4Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
 5Nursing Department, Tumair General Hospital, Tumair, Saudi Arabia
 6Nursing Department, King Khalid Hospital, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
 7Nursing Department, Alsahan Bani Saad General Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
 8Nursing Department, King Khalid Hospital, Al-Majma’ah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2355-3949

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.05.020

 Abstract:

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Saudi Arabia, as well as worldwide. Most breast cancer cases are detected at advanced stages, and one possible reason is that many Saudi women are not aware of breast self-examination (BSE). Few studies have examined the knowledge and practice of BSE among female nursing students in Saudi Arabia, and most of those have focused on major cities. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the knowledge and practice of BSE among Saudi nursing students at Majma’ah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design involving 100 nursing students there. The results of this research have revealed that there is a low level of practice of BSE among nursing students and irregular performance of BSE for those who practice it. Subsequently, there is an urgent need to empower awareness, attitude, and practice of BSE among nursing students in Saudi Arabia. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Knowledge, Practice, Breast self-examination, Female nursing students

 Article History: Received 10 November 2021, Received in revised form 10 March 2022, Accepted 24 March 2022

 Acknowledgment 

The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at Majmaah University for supporting this work under Project Number (R-2021-302).

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations 

Ethical approval was obtained verbally from Majma’ah Institutional Ethical Committee, and then official written permission to perform the study was obtained from the responsible authorities of the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS). For assurance of confidentiality, data were kept in a secure box in the researcher’s office until the completion of the study, and only the researcher and their team had access to the data. Anonymity and confidentiality were assured before participation in the study. The participants were informed that they had the right to request that their information be used only for research purposes, and they would not suffer any negative consequences if they chose not to participate. In addition, the participants were not asked their names. Finally, the participants had the right to withdraw at any time from the research, without any consequences.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alotaibi JS, ElRazkey J, and Albougami A et al. (2022). Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among female nursing students at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(5): 166-171

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