Effectiveness of application of innovation to promote breast self-examination of women at risk in the Srichomchuen 3 community, Public Health Service Center 2, Makkhaeng Subdistrict, Mueang Udonthani District, Udonthani Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of using the innovative breast self-examination reminder application on health beliefs and breast self-examination behaviors of 30 women at risk in Srichomchuen Community 3, Public Health Service Center 2, Makthaeng Subdistrict, Mueang Udonthani District, Udonthani Province. The research instruments were the breast self-examination reminder application package, the health belief questionnaire, consisting of breast cancer risk perception, breast cancer severity perception, breast self-examination benefit perception, breast self-examination ability perception, and breast self-examination accuracy questionnaire. The content validity was examined by 3 experts. The CVI value of the questionnaire was between .80-1.00 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was tested at .845, .817, .923, .847, .842, and KR-20 at .743, respectively. Data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, and Paired t-test.

The results of the research found that after using the innovative breast self-examination reminder application, the sample group had higher scores on breast cancer risk perception, breast cancer severity perception, Perceived benefits of breast self-examination, perceived ability in breast self-examination, accuracy of breast self-examination and breast self-examination behavior increased significantly at the .05 level.