Breast Self-examination in Women Receiving Hormone Replacement Therapy at the Menopause Clinic, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital

This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the breast selfexamination practice in 200 women receiving hormone replacement therapy and had received education about breast cancer and breast selfexamination from nurses at Menopause Clinic Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital. Data were collected by researcher, using breast selfexamination questionnaire. The results showed that breast self-examination score of the group was at a medium level with mean of 15.07 and SD of 6.70 (possible score 0-28) and majority of the subject (67.5%) had breast self-examination score at medium level, only 16.5% had score at good level and 16% had low level score. The results of this study indicated that women receiving hormone replacement therapy had practiced breast self-examination ineffectively. The appropriate educational program and media needed to be adjusted and considered in order to encourage the performance of breast self-examination in the women. Chiang Mai Med Bull 2004;43(1):9-13.