A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Self-breast Examination to Women of a Selected Rural Area of Tumkur

Abstract

Aim: This study was done to assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching program on self-breast examination for women of a selected rural area of Tumkur.

Materials and Methods: In this study, an evaluative survey approach is employed. For the study, a pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design is used. The community of Gulur was chosen by the researcher to serve as the study’s setting. The sample for this study comprises fifty women who range in age from 30 to 60. There are 50 women in the sample for this study. The sample is chosen through the use of a purposeful sampling approach.

Result: Post-test scores show higher “t” values in all areas. The Chi-square value for pre-test knowledge scores and age at df (1) was significant (χ2 = 12.82, P < 0.05). This showed that 30–40-year-old women knew more about breast-self-examination than 40–60-year-olds. For pre-test knowledge scores and educational status, a Chi-square value of 1 df (χ2 = 11.613, P < 0.05) was significant at the 0.05 level. Thus, educated women knew more about breast-self-examination. A significant Chi-square value (χ2 = 83; P < 0.05) was found for occupation and pre-test knowledge score at the 0.05 level. Thus, working women knew more about breast self-examination.

Conclusion: Most responders knew little about self-breast inspection. Studies showed that designed teaching programs improve women’s knowledge. The pre- and post-test area-wise mean percentages demonstrated an increase in knowledge across all domains. Post-test knowledge scores were considerably higher than pre-test findings in every category, according to an area-wise paired “t” test. Pre-test scores were significantly correlated with age and education.