Practice and Barriers toward Breast Self-Examination among Palestinian Women in Gaza City, Palestine

Table 4

Barriers toward performing BSE.

Respondent’s practice and reasons for performing BSE	Frequency (%)
Lack of knowledge	89 (37.9%)
It needs time	6 (2.5%)
I do not have a disease that requires breast self-examination	94 (40%)
Fear of detecting cancer	23 (9.8%)
I do not think it is necessary	15 (6.4%)
It deviates my privacy	6 (2.5%)
It is embarrassing	2 (0.9%)