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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the performance of breast self‐examiniation (BSE) and age, place of residence, ethnic background and religion, as well as whether a group willing to take part in an interview regarding BSE mirrored the whole population. Six hundred and ninety‐four (69.4%) women, aged 25–80, responded to the questionnaire. Of gthese, 69.6% examined their breasts. Whether the subjects lived in urban or rural areas was of no importance for practising BSE, nor was country of birth or number of years in Sweden. A larger proportion of women aged 45–80 practised BSE compared with women aged 25–44 (__P__ < 0.001), the former practising BSE once a month or more. Step‐wise logistic regression analysis showed that, for the whole sample as well as for the interview group, age was the only significant predictor of breast self‐examination (__P__ < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the whole sample and the interview group. The importance of younger women performing the examiniation is stressed. Dur to nurses being strategically located in a wide range of geographical locations, allowing them to meet women in different settings,

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Author

Kerstin Persson; Per‐Gunner Svensson; Anna‐Christina Ek

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0309-2402)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)