Table 3.
Change in knowledge about Breast Cancer screening and prevention (N= 238)
| Question | Correct Answer |
N missing |
Correct, pre- education (%) |
Correct, post- education (%) |
P valuea |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If a woman discovers a lump in her breast, she absolutely has breast cancer. |
No | 15 | 154 (69.1) | 180 (80.1) | <0.001 |
| 2 | Starting at the age of 40, women should get a mammogram once a year. |
Yes | 14 | 219 (97.7) | 218 (97.3) | 1.000 |
| 3 | Mammograms cause breast cancer. |
No | 17 | 204 (92.3) | 205 (92.8) | 1.000 |
| 4 | As women get older, their risk of breast cancer increases. |
Yes | 15 | 198 (88.8) | 208 (93.3) | 0.0755 |
| 5 | Women need to have a clinical breast exam done by a healthcare provider every five years. |
No | 17 | 106 (47.8) | 148 (66.7) | <0.001 |
a
P value for McNemar’s test, exact P values reported, statistically significant at p<0.05