Table 2 Association of the demographic and HBM factors with Breast-Self-Examination behavior
Independent Continuous variable | BSE performance | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age | 21.75 | 1.61 | 22.10 | 1.72 | 0.1 |
Independent categorical variables | Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | |
Academic level: | |||||
General Doctor | 85 | 33.7 | 12 | 14.6 | 0.001 |
Undergraduate/Graduate | 167 | 66.3 | 70 | 85.4 | |
Academic year | |||||
First | 74 | 29.4 | 20 | 24.4 | 0.045 |
Second | 56 | 22.2 | 22 | 26.8 | |
Third | 96 | 38.1 | 23 | 28.1 | |
Fourth and higher | 26 | 10.3 | 17 | 20.7 | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Turk | 150 | 59.5 | 51 | 62.2 | 0.892 |
Kurd | 84 | 33.3 | 25 | 30.5 | |
Others | 18 | 7.1 | 6 | 7.3 | |
The grade point average | |||||
Low (<14) | 18 | 7.1 | 3 | 3.7 | 0.028 |
Moderate (14–15.99) | 110 | 43.7 | 24 | 29.3 | |
Good (16–17) | 92 | 36.5 | 37 | 45.1 | |
Excellent (>17) | 32 | 12.7 | 18 | 22 | |
Family history of breast cancer | |||||
No | 224 | 88.9 | 78 | 95.1 | 0.096 |
Yes | 28 | 11.1 | 4 | 4.9 | |
Participant s’ knowledge | |||||
Low | 69 | 27.4 | 5 | 6.1 | <0.001 |
Moderate | 143 | 56.7 | 31 | 37.8 | |
High | 40 | 15.9 | 46 | 56.1 | |
Perceived self-efficacy | |||||
Low | 79 | 31.3 | 6 | 7.3 | <0.001 |
Moderate | 166 | 65.9 | 62 | 75.6 | |
High | 7 | 2.8 | 14 | 17.1 | |
Perceived benefits | |||||
Low/Moderate | 144 | 57.1 | 29 | 35.4 | 0.001 |
High | 108 | 42.9 | 53 | 64.6 | |
Perceived barriers | |||||
Low | 177 | 70.2 | 63 | 76.8 | 0.249 |
Moderate/High | 75 | 29.8 | 19 | 23.2 | |
Perceived severity | |||||
Low | 37 | 14.7 | 9 | 10.9 | 0.008 |
Moderate | 158 | 62.7 | 40 | 48.8 | |
High | 57 | 22.6 | 33 | 40.3 | |
Perceived susceptibility | |||||
Low | 68 | 27 | 20 | 24.4 | 0.643 |
Moderate/High | 184 | 73 | 62 | 75.6 | |
Health motivation | |||||
Low | 9 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.283 |
Moderate | 86 | 34.1 | 23 | 28 | |
High | 157 | 62.3 | 51 | 69.6 | |