Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breast self-examination among female interns and final year female medical students at Jinnah Hospital Lahore - a gap analysis.

Abstract

A descriptive cross- sectional KAP study on BSE — gap analysis conducted between groups of medics using descriptive inferential statistics to report study results. The results showed no gap in knowledge about BSE between two groups of interns & medical students. However the pattern of practicing BSE differs in two groups, showing knowledge has no significant effect on performance. Further it was concluded that even in presence of positive attitudes towards BSE in terms of its efficacy as a screening method for cancer detection its practice is low. A number of factors are identified as possible reasons for nonperformance & compliance. However its proven efficacy as early cancer detector is debatable & need further analytical designs such as case-control and prospective cohort studies.