Item

Education Levels

Study Design

The 4thYear

n (%)

The 5thYear

n (%)

P Value

χ²

Pre-Intervention

n (%)

Post-Intervention

n (%)

P Value

χ²

Only females are affected by breast cancer

Yes

Don’t know

34 (25.6%)

80 (60.2%)

19 (14.3%)

15 (15.3%)

77 (78.6%)

6 (6.1%)

0.011

38 (31.7%)

67 (55.8%)

15 (12.5%)

11 (9.9%)

90 (81.1%)

10 (9%)

<0.001

Breast cancer can be transmitted

Yes

Don’t know

2 (1.5%)

125 (94%)

6 (4.5%)

4 (4.1%)

91 (92.9%)

3 (3.1%)

0.42

2 (1.7%)

112 (93.3%)

6 (5%)

4 (3.6%)

104 (93.7%)

3 (2.7%)

0.45

Breast cancer is number 1 in most of Arab countries

Yes

Don’t know

66 (49.6%)

16 (12%)

51 (38.3%)

41 (41.8%)

9 (9.2%)

48 (49%)

0.27

30 (25%)

15 (12.5%)

75 (62.5%)

77 (69.4%)

10 (9%)

24 (21.6%)

<0.001

Awareness about symptoms

Yes

Don’t know

74 (55.6%)

17 (12.8%)

42 (31.6%)

61 (62.2%)

11 (11.2%)

26 (26.5%)

0.60

54 (45%)

27 (22.5%)

39 (32.5%)

81 (73%)

1 (0.9%)

29 (26.1%)

<0.001

Are you confident that you know how to check your breasts?

Yes

Don’t know

76 (57.1%)

57 (42.9%)

0.0 (0.0%)

59 (60.2%)

37 (37.8%)

2 (2%)

0.21

43 (35.8%)

77 (64.2%)

0 (0.0%)

92 (82.9%)

17 (15.3%)

2 (1.8%)

<0.001

Breast cancer occurs more at the age of

Under 30 years

31 - 49 years

Over 50 years

2 (1.5%)

97 (72.9%)

34 (25.6%)

5 (5.1%)

65 (66.3%)

28 (28.6%)

0.23

3 (2.5%)

78 (65%)

39 (32.5%)

4 (3.6%)

84 (75.7%)

23 (20.7%)

0.13

How often do you check your breasts?

At least once a month

Once a month to once a year

Never

22 (16.5%)

31 (23.3%)

80 (60.2%)

23 (23.5%)

19 (19.4%)

56 (56.1%)

0.40

26 (21.7%)

16 (13.3%)

78 (65%)

19 (17.1%)

34 (30.6%)

58 (52.3%)

0.006

Which of the following is not a treatment used of breast cancer

Surgery

Chemotherapy

Radiation Therapy

Hormone Therapy

Ultraviolet light therapy

4 (3%)

2 (1.5%)

23 (17.3%)

100 (75.2%)

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

4 (4.1%)

6 (6.1%)

85 (86.7%)

0.05

4 (3.3%)

6 (5%)

28 (23.3%)

78 (65%)

2 (1.8%)

1 (0.9%)

0.0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

107 (96.4%)

<0.001