Peranan Sikap tentang Pemeriksaan Payudara Sendiri (SADARI) terhadap Perilaku Pemeriksaan Payudara Sendiri (SADARI) dalam Rangka Deteksi Dini Kanker Payudara pada Remaja Putri di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) Kota Pematang Siantar

Abstract

This study aims to see the role of attitudes about breast self-examination on breast self-examination (BSE) behavior in the context of implementing early detection of breast cancer in young women at MAN Pematang Siantar. Attitudes on breast cancer can affect how breast self-examination in adolescent. The population in this study amounted to 686 female students of MAN Pematang Siantar. The number of samples in this study were 100 young women with a simple random sampling technique. The analysis technique used is descriptive analysis and simple linear regression. Data collection is carried out using the Attitudes about breast self-examintaion scale which is arranged based on Hogg and Vaughan (2011) theory which consist of 6 items and breast self-examination behaior scale which arranged based on Notoatmodjo (2014) theory which consist of 15 items. The results of this study indicate that attitude has a positive direction towards BSE behavior with a score of 0.001. If the attitudes about breast self-examination it is positive then the breast self-examination behavior will also be good. The results of the hypothesis test showed that tcount < ttable (0.280 <1.664) and the Sig. > 0.05 (0.780 > 0.05). These results prove that there is no significant effect between attitudes towards BSE behavior in the context of early detection of breast cancer in young women at MAN Pematang Siantar.