breast cancer, knowledge, attitude
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group : 91 women to be submitted to the application of an educational intervention consisting in reading a leaflet about the early detection tests for breast cancer, after reading the bro
Behavioural
I02.233.332
Sponsors
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Ceará
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Ceará
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women over 18 and under 80 years of age;with cognitvas able to perform the reading of educational material ; with conditions to respond to the study questions
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Illiterate women; who did not have a position to answer the questions raised by the research, based on age , level of consciousness or difficulty of communication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased by at least 20% in the adequacy of knowledge and attitude of women in relation to the early detection of breast cancer in the experimental group; the confidence level of the study was 95 % ; x2 Pearson's test was used to assess the adequacy of knowledge and attitude among groups;At the end of the study there was an increase of 78% in the percentage of adequacy of knowledge and attitude toward early detection of breast cancer among women in the experimental group, the x2 Pearson's test to compare the adequacy of knowledge and attitude between the experimental and control group had a 0,001 value | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are expected not | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactPricilla Alves
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Ceará
Outcome results
None listed