Table 6.
Practice towards breast self-examination among women aged 20–70 at Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021
| Questions | Responses | Percentage/frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Have you ever done breast self-examination? | Yes | 45.8% (n = 248) |
| No | 54.2% (n = 293) | |
| If ‘Yes’ when did you perform it? | Just a week after each menses | 31% (n = 77) |
| When it comes to mind | 52.4% (n = 130) | |
| Anytime during menses | 10.9% (n = 27) | |
| Before menses | 5.6% (n = 14) | |
| If ‘No’ then why haven’t you performed it? | Fear of detecting an anomaly | 0.3% (n = 1) |
| there are no problems with my breast | 58.4% (n = 171) | |
| Not necessary | 7.5% (n = 22) | |
| Too busy | 2.0% (n = 6) | |
| Don’t know how to self-examine | 31.7% (n = 93) | |
| How is breast self-examination done? | Palpate with one finger | 1.2% (n = 3) |
| Palpate with palm and three fingers | 98.4% (n = 244) | |
| I do not know | 0.4% (n = 1) | |
| At what age did you start breast self-examination? | 20–29 years | 56.5% (n = 140) |
| 30–39 years | 28.6% (n = 71) | |
| 40–49 years | 12.9% (n = 32) | |
| 50-70 years | 2.0% (n = 5) | |
| What time do you normally perform Breast self-examination? | Morning | 21.8% (n = 54) |
| Afternoon | 18.1% (n = 45) | |
| Evening | 60.1% (n = 149) | |
| Where do you usually perform breast self-examination? | In front of the mirror | 18.4% (n = 73) |
| Lying on the bed | 45.8% (n = 182) | |
| In the bathroom | 35.8% (n = 142) | |
| On identifying an abnormality in your breasts, what would you do? | Tell mother | 4.4% (n = 11) |
| Tell spouse | 6.5% (n = 16) | |
| Consult doctor/nurse | 89.1 (n = 221) | |
| Not do anything about it due to embarrassment | 0 | |
| Option for traditional healing | 0 |