Table 3.
The willingness to initiate tamoxifen therapy and patient awareness of their disease at the baseline of breast nurse intervention.
| Characteristics | Intervention group | Control group |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | |
| Willing to initiate tamoxifen therapy | ||
| Yes | 85 (97.7) | 73 (97.3) |
| No | 2 (2.3) | 2 (2.7) |
| How much willing to initiate the therapy | ||
| Somewhat willing | 3 (3.5) | 7 (9.6) |
| Very much willing | 82 (96.5) | 66 (90.4) |
| Do you know about your disease? | ||
| Yes | 78 (89.7) | 71 (94.7) |
| No | ||
| How do you name disease you encountered? | 9 (10.3) | 4 (5.3) |
| Breast cancer | 77 (88.5) | 67 (89.3) |
| Breast infection | 5 (5.7) | 7 (9.3) |
| Cervical cancer | 3 (3.4) | 1 (1.3) |
| Do not know | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Breast cancer is a transmissible disease? | ||
| Yes | 6 (6.9) | 12 (16.0) |
| No | 81 (93.1) | 63 (84.0) |
| Perceive breast cancer can be detected early? | ||
| Yes | 47 (54.0) | 20 (26.7) |
| No | 18 (20.7) | 26 (34.7) |
| I don’t know | 51 (31.5) | 29 (38.7) |
| Any one in family had breast problem | ||
| Yes | 6 (6.9) | 7 (9.3) |
| No | 81 (93.1) | 68 (90.7) |
| Anyone in the family had breast cancer | ||
| Yes | 4 (4.6) | 4 (5.3) |
| No | 83 (95.4) | 71 (94.7) |