Assessment of Factors Associated with Breast Self-Examination among Health Extension Workers in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Breast self examination practice among HCWs in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2012.

Variable	Number	Percent
Ever practiced breast self-examination (𝑛=395)
Yes	147	37.3
No	248	62.7
How frequent have you practiced BSE (𝑛=395)
Every month	56	14.4
Once every 6 months	70	17.9
Once every 12 months	21	5.4
Never practiced	248	62.7
Reasons for not doing breast self-examination (𝑛=248)*
I don’t have breast problem	132	53.2
I don’t think as I should be examined	44	17.8
It is not comfortable	5	2.0
I don’t know the technique	76	30.6
Carelessness	22	8.9
I don’t believe its importance	11	4.4
I don’t know its importance	53	21.4
Discussion with someone on the importance of BSE (𝑛=395)
Yes	130	32.9
No	265	67.1
Got information on BSE by health professional (𝑛=395)
Yes	96	24.3
No	299	75.7
History of breast examination by health professional? (𝑛=395)
Yes	43	10.9
No	352	89.1

∗Multiple responses are there.