Frequency

Percentage (%)

Frequency of breast self-examination

(N = 193)

Once a month

49

25.39

More than once a month

45

23.32

Once a year

12

6.22

More than once a year

87

45.07

Means of learning breast self-examination

(N = 193)

Media

110

56.99

Midwife

36

18.65

General physician

33

17.10

Gynecologist

12

6.22

Radiologist

2

1.04

Usual period of practice

(N = 193)

Beginning of menstruation

58

30.05

Mid-cycle

78

40.42

End of menstruation

57

29.53

Reason for non-practice

(N = 32)

I don’t think about it

14

43.75

It bothers me

8

25.00

I don’t know

7

21.88

Fear of doing it wrong

2

6.25

Fear of the result

1

3.12