Breast cancer prevention in women treated at Primary Care Unit

• Autor(a) principal: Arruda, Raquel Leda de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Teles, Edvane Dias, Machado, Natália Silva, Oliveira, Francisca Jacinta Feitoza de, Fontoura, Iolanda Graepp, Ferreira, Adriana Gomes Nogueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2694
• topic: Nursing; Breast Neoplasms; Women’s Health; Breast Cancer Prevention.

Objective: to describe the profile of women treated at Primary Care Unit and identify the attitudes toward early detection of breast cancer. Methods: exploratory and descriptive research conducted with 40 women aged over 20 years, after nursing consultation. Results: it was verified that a share of participants presented risk factors for breast cancer, especially menarche before age 12, 57% (n=23); no breast examination during the consultation, 70% (n=28); and never have done breast examination, 57.5% (n=23). As for performing the self-examination, 80% (n=32) of women said they knew how to do it, of which 65.5% reported performing it monthly, 12.5% never did it, and 23% of women over 40 years did not undergo mammography. Conclusion: we highlight the need to develop effective educational interventions addressing the risk factors and early detection of breast cancer in the health services.