| 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 |