Knowledge, Attitudes, and Motivation Associated with Breast Self-Examination Awareness among Midwifery Students in Bengkulu City

Abstract

Breast cancer is a serious and frightening threat to women because it can cause death. In 2022, there were 2,296,840 (23.8%) breast cancer sufferers in the world, with a mortality rate of 666,103 (15.4%). Breast Self Examination (BSE) is the easiest, cheapest and most effective early detection of breast cancer that can be done at home every month since women enter the age of 20 years. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and motivation with BSE behavior in Midwifery Students in Bengkulu City. The research design used a cross-sectional approach. The number of samples of 106 respondents was taken using the proportional random sampling technique. The results of the chi square test showed a relationship between knowledge (p-value 0.000), attitudes (p-value 0.000) and motivation (p-value 0.000) with BSE behavior. The results of the logistic regression test showed that knowledge is the most dominant factor with BSE behavior (OR = 15.008). It is expected that midwifery students will perform BSE when they start studying BSE courses, motivate themselves to immediately perform BSE routinely every month as an effort to detect breast cancer early.