Breast self-examination in users of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social from Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico
Autoexploración mamaria en usuarias del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social de Teapa, Tabasco, México

Samuel Córdova-Cadena, Patricia Vanessa González-Pozos, Marco Antonio Zavala-González
Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social  
To establish the proportion of women of 40 years-old and more, which perform properly breast self-examination in the Family Medical Unit 18 of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social from Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico, in 2011. Cross-sectional study in a universe of 1457 women. A random sample of 127 women was obtained and aleatorily selected. Socio-demographic and hereditary variables were included and breast self-examination technique was evaluated. The information was taken from clinical files and
more » ... check lists. Descriptive statistic was obtained. The mean age was 52.7 ± 9.3, with a confidence interval of 40-80 years-old. Women with a primary-school education were the largest group, representing 35.4 %. Family antecedent of breast malign tumor was found in 11 %. The mother was the most frequent parent with this background (42.9 %). Adequate breast self-examination technique was observed in 0.8 %. The proportion of women that performs breast self-examination properly is very low. Associated factors were not found. Educative interventions are required in order to correct this problem.
pmid:25984623 fatcat:xmcqdixkwvdrxjpj25wj32qf5q