A Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination and Prevalence of Breast Disease in Southwest Cameroon
Table 3
Comparison of female household representatives by knowledge of breast self-examination (n= 790).
Knowledge of BSE(n=201)
No Knowledge of BSE (n= 589)
P value
Age (median [IQR])
34
31
p=0.01
Use of Cooking Fuel in Household
Wood
181 (90.1%)
529 (90.7%)
p=0.99
Charcoal
45 (22.3%)
92 (15.8%)
p=0.22
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) fuel
113 (56.2%)
247 (42.4%)
p=0.02
Kerosene
36 (17.9%)
102 (17.5%)
p=0.89
Other
2 (1.0%)
2 (0.3%)
p=0.38
Highest Education level achieved by any household member
p=0.03
No formal education
3 (1.5%)
22 (3.8%)
Primary
31 (15.7%)
134 (23.2%)
Secondary
76 (38.4%)
227 (39.3%)
Tertiary
88 (44.4%)
191 (33.1%)
Primary barrier to seeking Formal care
None
69 (34.3%)
220 (37.7%)
p=0.25
Too Expensive
42 (20.9%)
104 (17.8%)
p=0.15
Inaccessible (Too Far)
5 (2.5%)
38 (6.5%)
p=0.05
Belief that treatment is ineffective
1 (0.5%)
13 (2.2%)
p=0.11
Rude or Inattentive staff
56 (27.9%)
126 (21.6%)
p=0.24
Preference for traditional medicine
1 (0.5%)
5 (0.9%)
p=0.14
Preference for faith healing
0 (0%)
4 (0.7%)
p=0.12
Other
45 (22.4%)
107 (18.4%)
p=0.33
Transport used by household to seek formal care after Injury
p=0.02
Walking
85 (42.5%)
288 (50.7%)
Private car
1 (0.5%)
3 (0.5%)
Private Motorcycle
0 (0%)
4 (0.7%)
Taxi
27 (13.5%)
64 (11.3%)
Mototaxi
84 (42.0%)
209 (36.8%)
Bus
3 (1.5%)
0 (0%)
Primary spoken language in Household
p=0.05
Pidgin English
57 (28.5%)
200 (34.7%)
English
76 (38.0%)
153 (26.5%)
French
6 (3.0%)
17 (3.0%)
Local dialect
54 (27%)
180 (31.2%)
Other
7 (3.5%)
27 (4.7%)
Primary spoken language used to communicate with health providers:
Pidgin English
80 (39.8%)
313 (53.7%)
p=0.03
English
143 (71.1%)
363 (62.3%)
p<0.01
French
10 (5.0%)
38 (6.5%)
p=0.37
Local dialect
4 (2.0%)
20 (3.4%)
p=0.70
Other
2 (0.3%)
1(0.5%)
p=0.55
Note: BSE = breast self-examination. An asterisk () represents a p value of ≤ 0.05. Frequencies and percentages may not add up as a result of missing data. Knowledge of BSE indicates that the study subject reported knowing how to perform BSE on herself. All p value estimates were calculated using the adjusted Wald test and Pearson Chi Square test. The Wald test was adjusted for all variables in the data.
