Changing breast self-examination behavior.
Breast self-examination instruction was presented to 130 women. Four instructional methods used were: modeling alone, modeling plus guided practice, modeling plus self-monitoring, and modeling plus peer support. Follow-up data were collected at three- and six-month intervals. Data analyses revealed that, although the study population as a whole made statistically significant changes in breast self-examination behavior, no statistically significant outcomes were related to the dependent variables of frequency and knowledge of self-examination and confidence in ability to detect breast abnormalities between subjects in the modeling alone method--which served as the control--and subjects in the other three instructional methods.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010379:Peer Group; D010808:Physical Examination; D014481:United States; D014589:Utah