Table 1 Distribution of in-school adolescents by knowledge on breast cancer risk factors and symptoms pre- and post- training for the peer trainers and pre- and post- peer training for the school cohort
Knowledge domain | Proportion of adolescents with correct responses | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peer trainers | School cohort | |||||||||
Pre | Post | p value | Pre-peer | Post-peer | p value | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
BC affects only females | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.8 | 0.029 | 22 | 1.6 | 36 | Â 3 | Â 0.039 |
BC cannot affect those < 20 years | 85 | 68.5 | 85 | 68.5 | 1.109 | 773 | 57.8 | 848 | 70.6 | 0.000 |
Breastfeeding is protective | 29 | 23.4 | 113 | 91.1 | 0.000 | 502 | 37.5 | 1063 | 88.5 | 0.000 |
Risk factors for BC | ||||||||||
Lack of physical exercise is a RF | 21 | 16.9 | 113 | 91.1 | 0.000 | 227 | 17 | 1091 | 90.8 | 0.000 |
Obesity is a RF | 4 | 3.2 | 118 | 95.2 | 0.000 | 62 | 4.6 | 1146 | 95.4 | 0.000 |
Excess alcohol intake is a RF | 1 | 0.8 | 118 | 95.2 | 0.000 | 19 | 1.4 | 1135 | 94.5 | 0.000 |
First pregnancy under 25Â years is RF | 61 | 49.2 | 107 | 86.3 | 0.000 | 743 | 55.6 | 1061 | 84.6 | 0.000 |
BC symptoms | ||||||||||
Pain in breast is first symptom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Â | 27 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Â 0.000 |
BC may mimic eczema | 116 | 93.5 | 87 | 70.2 | 0.000 | 846 | 63.3 | 801 | 66.7 | 0.239 |
Breast mass not associated with weight loss is not BC | 12 | 9.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.030 | 113 | 8.5 | 19 | 1.6 | 0.000 |
Bloody discharge associated with breast mass is always cancer | 1 | 0.8 | 52 | 41.9 | 0.000 | 286 | 21.4 | 595 | 49.7 | 0.000 |