Pengetahuan Remaja Putri Tentang Sadari dalam Pencegahan Kanker Payudara di MTSS Miftahul Falah Diski Deli Serdang

Abstract

Breast cancer has a very high annual incidence rate around the world. Therefore, the government is making every effort to reduce it, one of which is by performing early detection method called SADARI (Breast Self-Examination) at a young age. It is a method of breast cancer early detection that is done by one's self. The research aims to find out adolescents' knowledge of SADARI. This quantitative research employs descriptive approach. The population consists of 100 female adolescents at MTSS Miftahul Falah, Diski at the age of 12-16 years old. Of the 100 female adolescents at MTSS Miftahul Fallah, 40 of them (40%) have good knowledge and 60 of them (60%) have moderate knowledge about breast self- examination (SADARI). Based on the data, it concludes that the adolescents' knowledge about SADARI is moderate to good. None of them has poor knowledge which indicates that there are no information gaps and the information is distributed evenly.