Conocimientos, actitudes y practicas sobre la mamografia que tienen las mujeres atendidas en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca 2015

Abstract

The use of mammography as a diagnostic method dating from the early twentieth century. However, there have been technological advances of the past 30 years that have made possible its introduction, first as assistant plan and currently a fundamental method of detecting breast disease, not being accepted nowadays no screening program of breast cancer that does not include mammography as evidence. OBJETIVE: Identify which knowledge’s, attitudes and practices have about mammography the women who are treated in hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso have. METHODOLOGY A descriptive study was applied to women who attend mammography exam in the department of radiology (mammography room). As a questionnaire technique was used; the results were recorded in a database in EXCEL and SPSS software version 15.00, the same as they are presented in tables and graphs with their respective analysis. RESULTS: It was determined that 83.72 % of the women treated at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, have knowledge about mammography, 91.86 % have a positive attitude to assist the doctor when they find something unusual in their breasts (breasts); the 88.37 % has as a practice on the day before the exam do not wear deodorant, creams, powders on the armpits and breasts. CONCLUSION: women of our research have a good knowledge, attitude and acceptable practices to the mammography.