The Impact of Audiovisual Health Education on Adolescent Women's Knowledge and Proficiency in Early Fibroadenoma Mammae (FAM) Detection

Abstract

The lack of knowledge and skills among young women regarding breast self-examination to detect mammary fibroadenoma is due to the lack of information among young women about early detection of mammary fibroadenoma. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of health education using audiovisual media on the level of knowledge and skills for early detection of mammary fibroadenoma (FAM) in young women. This research used a quasi-experimental quantitative research design with the Non Equivalent Control Group Design method, with the Stratified Random Sampling technique, obtaining a sample of 125 female students. The dependent variable is health education with audiovisual, the independent variable is the level of knowledge and skills of young women. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test and Mc Nemar Test. The research results showed that there were 55 young women who had good knowledge in the intervention group (87.3%) while in the control group there were 3 respondents (4.8%). And it was found that there were 63 young women who had capable skills in the intervention group (100%) while in the control group there were 31 respondents (49.2%). The results of the Wilcoxon statistical test and the Mc Nemar Test obtained a significance value of 0.000 (<0.05), it can be concluded that there is an influence of health education with audiovisual media on the level of knowledge and skills regarding early detection of mammary fibroadenoma (FAM) in young women.