Table 3. Bivariate and multivariables analysis of associated factors of breast self- examination of female workers in Debre Tabor Town public health facilities, South Gondar Zone, 2018.
| Variables | Perform BSE | Crude OR (95%CI) |
Adjusted OR (95%CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Profession | ||||
| Not health professional | 38 | 120 | 1 | |
| Nurse | 70 | 99 | ***2.23(1.1–4.7) | 2.4 (0.89–9.7) |
| Others | 29 | 65 | **1.40(0.9–4. 33) | 1.6 (0.67–4.8) |
| Knowledge | ||||
| Knowledgeable | 115 | 181 | ***2.97(1.7–10.18) | ***5.74 (2.3–14.4) |
| Not knowledgeable | 22 | 103 | 1 | |
| Attitude | ||||
| Positive attitude | 114 | 212 | **1.68(1.32–6.5) | 3.1 (0.76–2.38) |
| Negative attitude | 23 | 72 | 1 | |
| Family history of breast cancer | ||||
| Yes | 19 | 4 | ***11.27 (6.12–17.29) | **6.5 (1.54–21.4) |
| No | 118 | 280 | 1 | |
| Self- efficacy in PBSE | ||||
| Yes | 110 | 57 | ***16.2(8.7–27.3) | **4.7 (1.84–12.11) |
| No | 27 | 227 | 1 | |
**P-Value≤0.01 and
***P-Value≤0.001
Others (Profession) = Doctors, midwives, laboratory technicians and technologists, Pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, anesthetists; PBSE = Practicing breast self- examination and BSE = Breast self- examination