Background: Mastectomy is life-changing procedure that can have phyical, psychological and
emotional effects on the women. Home helth care can help women to improve their knowledge and
practices after mastectomy. Aim of the study: Was to evaluate home health care intervention for
women after mastectomy. Research design: A quasi – experimental design was utilized in this
study. Setting: This study was conducted at Health Insurance Hospital in Benha and Outpatient
Clinic of Oncology Department at Benha University Hospital and followed by home visits. The
sample: A Purposive sample of women attended previously mentioned settings to have mastectomy
surgery, total sample size was 90 women. Tools: Two tools were used I): A structured interviewing
questionnaire which consists of 3 parts to assess a): Demographic characteristics of post
mastectomy women b): Medical history of women regarding breast cancer and mastectomy c):
knowledge of women regarding breast cancer and mastectomy, II): Observational checklist which
consists of 2 parts to assess a): women's practices after mastectomy b) home environment of women
after mastectomy. Result: 45.6% of the studied women aged 50 and more years with mean age
52.25±10.67 years and 80.0% of them were married while 66.7%% of women had good total
knowledge level regarding breast cancer and mastectomy post implementation of home health care
intervention and 77.8% of them had satisfactory total practices level post implementation of home
health care intervention. There were statistical significant differences between pre/post home health
care implementation among the studied women’s satisfactory practices level with p |
