Table 4.
Factors associated with practices of BSE among female DBU students.
| Variables | Category | Practices of BSE | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
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| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
| College | Health science | 76 (22.5) | 262 (77.5) | 5.102 (2.891–9.004)∗ | 1.158 (0.468–2.864) |
| Nonhealth | 37 (59.7) | 25 (40.3) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Year of study | 1st year | 10 (20) | 40 (80) | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd year | 34 (21.4) | 125 (78.6) | 1.088 (0.494–2.397) | 0.472 (0.142–1.565) | |
| 3rd year | 30 (36.1) | 53 (63.9) | 2.264 (0.992–5.167) | 0.831 (0.222–3.108) | |
| 4th year | 20 (41.7) | 28 (58.3) | 2.857 (1.162–7.025)∗ | 0.881 (0.210–3.697) | |
| 5th year | 19 (31.7) | 41 (68.3) | 1.854 (0.768–4.473) | 1.698 (0.463–6.231) | |
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| Ever heard of BSE | Yes | 99 (38.7) | 157 (61.3) | 5.855 (3.194–10.733)∗ | 0.684 (0.278–1.686) |
| No | 14 (9.7) | 130 (90.3) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Knowing how to perform BSE | Yes | 97 (67.8) | 46 (32.2) | 31.762 (17.159–58.793)∗ | 11.197 (4.542–27.607)∗ |
| No | 16 (6.2) | 241 (93.8) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Knowing when to perform BSE | Yes | 81 (66.4) | 41 (33.6) | 15.187 (8.974–25.702)∗ | 3.507 (1.620–7.593)∗ |
| No | 32 (11.5) | 246 (88.5) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Knowing the three positions to perform BSE | Yes | 83 (50.3) | 82 (49.7) | 6.917 (4.238–11.288)∗ | 2.253 (1.104–4.599)∗ |
| No | 30 (12.8) | 205 (87.2) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Believing that BSE is important & useful to detect breast cancer | Agree | 109 (31.4) | 238 (68.6) | 5.496 (1.656–18.236)∗ | 6.837 (1.640–28.509)∗ |
| Disagree | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 1 | 1 | |
∗Statistical significance.
1: reference group.