ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDE AND KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATION OF BREAST EXAMINATION (BEST SELF-EXAMINATION) TO DIPLOMA OF MIDWIFERY STUDENTS JENDERAL ACHMAD YANI CIMAHI UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most frightening types of cancer, especially for women around the world. In Indonesia, in 2018, the incidence of breast cancer was 42.1 per 100,000 population. In West Java, breast cancer in West Java is 26 per 100,000 women. This means that in 100,000 women in West Java, 26 cases of breast cancer were found. In Cimahi, in 2018, the incidence of breast cancer was 17 cases. In order to reduce the incidence of breast cancer, according to the 2018 National Guidelines for Breast Cancer Management Medical Services, prevention is necessary with early detection. One of the early detections that can be done to detect breast cancer is BSE on a regular basis. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and information exposure with breast self-examination (BSE) in Diploma of Midwifery student at STIKES Jendral Achmad Yani Cimahi.

Methodology The research design used was cross sectional. The sample of this research is Diploma Midwifery student who have never received infomation about BSE as many as 79 people. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out in two stages, namely univariate to see the frequency distribution and bivariate to see the relationship (chi square).

Research findings The results showed that there was no relationship between knowledge (p value = 0.400), exposure to information (p value = 0.154) and there was a relationship between attitude (p value = 0.002) and BSE.

Conclusions In this study, it means that there is a relationship between attitudes and the implementation of BSE and there is no significant relationship between knowledge dan exposure education of the implementation Breast Self-Examination (BSE).