Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(2):12-14

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.02.004

Survey of recognition of cyclomastopathy among female college students in Guangzhou

Bihua KONG ; Bixia GUO ; Jingwei YU

Keywords

college; female students; cyclomastopathy; recognition

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To investigate the recognition of cyclomastopathy in female college students in Guangzhou.Method 300 female college students(90 medical students and 210 non-medical students)from 10 colleges in Guangzhou were involved in the survey using the self-designed questionnaire.Results Medical students had significantly higher recognition about cyclomastopathy than non-medical students(all P<0.05).The college students lacked of awareness of self breast care.Only 15.56%of the medical students and 11.43% of the non-medical students regularly took breast self-care.Conclusion To improve the social,school and students pay more attention to the breast diseases,strengthen the female university students about breast health education,has improtant significance for improving college students' knowledge of disease of mammary gland hyperplasia.