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Table 6 Participants practice of screening methods

From: Knowledge of risk factors, beliefs and practices of female healthcare professionals towards breast cancer in a tertiary institution in Lagos, Nigeria

Variable

Doctors(n = 45)

Number(%)

Nurses(n = 141)

Number(%)

Others(n = 21)

Number(%)

p-value

Performs BSE at least once a month

42(93.3)

135(95.8)

15(71.4)

< 0.001

Performed CBE within last 1 year

14(31.1)

35(24.8)

4(19)

0.539

Had mammography in the past

3(6.7)

13(9.2)

1(4.8)

0.717

  1. Others* = Pharmacists, Laboratory scientists and Physiotherapists.