Knowledge associated with the preventive practice of breast cancer in nursing students

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https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n2.5466

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Objective: To evaluate the association between knowledge with practice and its dimensions on the prevention of breast cancer in students of the Nursing study program of the Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae, 2022.

Materials and methods: Cross-sectional and correlationalstudy with a total of 224 Nursing students. Self-administered questionnaires were used to measure the variables. The statistical test was binary logistic regression based on crude odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and its value of ≤ 0.05.

Results: Knowledge about breast cancer prevention (OR = 1.77 CI = 1.03 - 3.03 p = 0.038) was associated with practice about breast cancer prevention. In addition, 57.59% of the students know about the prevention of breast cancer and 54.02% presented an inadequate practice.

Conclusion: students who know the preventive measures of breast cancer practice it. In addition, a little more than half of the students know about breast cancer, but do not practice it properly. It is recommended that Nursing programs incorporate more courses on public or community health and that both women and men practice early detection measures.

Keywords: Knowledge; Breast Self-Examination; Students Nursing.

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Yonathan Josué Ortiz Montalvo, Faculty of Health Sciences. Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae

Master in Public Health. Master's Degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Graduated from the Master's Degree in Education with a Mention in Teaching and University Research. Degree in nursing. Researcher of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru (CONCYTEC). General Coordinator of the Research Department of Lima and Subsidiaries of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Sedes Sapientiae Catholic University. Member of the Surveillance, Ethics and Deontology Committee of the Regional Board of Directors III Metropolitan Lima - College of Nurses of Peru.

Daniela Carolina Vega Tapia, Faculty of Health Sciences. Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae

9th cycle Nursing Intern at the Sedes Sapientiae Catholic University.

María Celeste Gonzales Paredes, Faculty of Health Sciences. Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae

Bachelor of Nursing graduated from the Sedes Sapientiae Catholic University

Katherine Jenny Ortiz Romaní, Faculty of Health Sciences. Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae

Master in Public Health. Graduated from the Master's Degree in Education with a Mention in Teaching and University Research. Graduate in Nursing. Researcher of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru (CONCYTEC). Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Sedes Sapientiae Catholic University. Peru

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2023-04-29

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Ortiz Montalvo, Y. J., Vega Tapia, D. C. ., Gonzales Paredes, M. C., & Ortiz Romaní, K. J. (2023). Knowledge associated with the preventive practice of breast cancer in nursing students. Horizonte Sanitario, 22(2), 297-304. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n2.5466

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Vol. 22 No. 2 (2023)

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