In Nigeria, breast cancer (BC), a disorder marked by the unchecked growth of breast cells, has been the commonest cancer among women in Nigeria. Breast self-examination (BSE) is one of the suggested methods for screening for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. However, studies have reported inadequate knowledge, negative attitudes and poor practices of BSE among undergraduate female students. The study was designed as an interventional study to examine the effect of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination among female students in a private university in southern Nigeria. This pretest posttest design study was carried out on 103 students of Novena University at baseline in 2022, which were chosen through the use of simple random sampling. A validated questionnaire with components on demographics, knowledge, attitude, and BSE practice was used to gather the data. After that, the students participated in three hourly sessions of an educational intervention for two weeks. A month later, the students’ data were once again collected, and SPSS 20 software was used to evaluate the results using the mean, paired t test, and logistic regression at the P < 0.05 level of significance. The mean age of the respondents was 22.37 ± 1.92 years. Only 53 (51.3%) were aware of BSE. The mean knowledge, attitude and practice of BSE at pretest significantly increased at posttest after the educational intervention (1.58 ± 1.48 vs. 4.31 ± 1.15, 2.37 ± 1.27 vs. 4.80 ± 0.49 and 1.97 ± 0.09 vs. 5.81 ± 3.26, respectively). Furthermore, age and family history of BC were predictors of knowledge (OR = 4.00 95% CI = 0.29–41.99, OR = 141, 95% CI = 0.15–13.18), attitude (OR = 2.39, 95% CI = 0.28–12.32, OR = 1.15, 95% CI = 0.24–8.34) and practice of BSE (OR = 2.66, 95% CI = 0.38–18.41, OR = 1.44, 95% CI = 0.24–8.34) respectively. The findings showed that using an educational intervention strategy will improve the knowledge, attitude and practice of BSE among undergraduate students.

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教育干预对尼日利亚南部私立大学女学生乳房自查知识、态度和行为的影响

在尼日利亚，乳腺癌（BC）是一种以乳腺细胞不受控制生长为特征的疾病，是尼日利亚女性中最常见的癌症。乳房自检（BSE）是建议的乳腺癌早期诊断筛查方法之一。然而，研究表明本科女学生对疯牛病的认识不足，态度消极，实践不良。该研究旨在作为一项干预性研究，探讨教育干预对尼日利亚南部一所私立大学女学生乳房自查知识、态度和实践的影响。这项前测后测设计研究是在 2022 年对诺维娜大学 103 名基线学生进行的，这些学生是通过简单随机抽样选出的。使用包含人口统计、知识、态度和疯牛病实践等内容的经过验证的调查问卷来收集数据。之后，学生们参加了为期两周、每三小时一次的教育干预课程。一个月后，再次收集学生的数据，并使用SPSS 20软件对结果进行均值、配对t检验和逻辑回归的评估，显着性水平为P < 0.05。受访者的平均年龄为 22.37 ± 1.92 岁。只有 53 人 (51.3%) 知道 BSE。教育干预后，测试前的 BSE 平均知识、态度和实践在测试后显着增加（分别为 1.58 ± 1.48 与 4.31 ± 1.15、2.37 ± 1.27 与 4.80 ± 0.49 和 1.97 ± 0.09 与 5.81 ± 3.26）。此外，年龄和 BC 家族史是知识 (OR = 4.00 95% CI = 0.29–41.99，OR = 141，95% CI = 0.15–13.18)、态度 (OR = 2.39，95% CI = 0.28–12.32) 的预测因素，OR = 1.15，95% CI = 0.24–8.34）和 BSE 实践（OR = 2.66，95% CI = 0.38–18.41，OR = 1.44，95% CI = 0.24–8.34）。研究结果表明，采用教育干预策略将改善本科生对 BSE 的知识、态度和实践。