Implementación de estrategia de intervención educativa sobre autoexamen de mama en mujeres de 20 a 60 años de edad del Consultorio J. Centro de Salud Pascuales. 2018.

Abstract

Background: According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer is a health problem in the world. In Ecuador, it is the second cause of death in the female population (10.39%) according to the Institute of Statistics and Censuses in 2013. Materials and methods: An experimental, longitudinal and according to the number of analytical variables was carried out, whose purpose was to collect, through a survey prepared by another author, the sociodemographic characteristics; level of knowledge on the subject, in a population of 20 women between 20 to 60 years of age belonging to the medical clinic J of the Pascuales Health Center. The survey of an educational intervention strategy was implemented. The data obtained was processed in a Microsoft Excel database, which was exported from the IBM PSS 22.0 statistical package. Results: The age group that predominated was 20 to 29 years of age (40%), free union (35%), the level of instruction that predominated was complete secondary (40%) and occupation was that of housewife (80%) In relation to knowledge, pre-test was observed in the breast self-examination (85%) and after the educational intervention in the post-test there was an increase in knowledge about the subject studied (85%). Conclusions: After the implementation of the educational strategy for breast self-examination, women did increase their knowledge of this important breast cancer prevention technique.