THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REALITY TEACHING INTEGRATES OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ' ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

Yueh - Chin Chung, Ph. D.*

ABSTRACT

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in my country. Learners can integrate
breast self-examination courses through virtual reality teaching to enhance their health beliefs in breast cancer
screening, promote regular breast self-examination, and early detection and early treatment. The purpose of
this study is to integrate virtual reality teaching and education courses, and explore the effectiveness of breast selfexamination
and the satisfaction of using virtual reality teaching materials for college students through the health
belief model. Research Purposes: A total of 60 male and female students with four skills in a science and
technology university in central China were the research subjects. The quasi-experimental design was designed.
The experimental group and the control group were randomly assigned. Textbook satisfaction ratings are analyzed
with SPSS 22.0 software, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, mean t-test, and correlation. Results:
There are 60 people in the whole study sample, 50 are women (83.3%), 5 people (8.3%) have relatives suffering
from breast cancer, 34 people (68%) have regular menstruation, and 34 people (68%) have attended breast selfexamination
health education courses. 38 people (46.7%), 8 people (13.3%) have regular breast self-examination,
the correlation coefficient of "action clues" and "breast self-examination-related health beliefs" in the experimental
group There was a significant positive correlation; the correlation coefficient of the experimental group's
"conscious action benefit" and "conscious action barrier" dimension showed a significant negative correlation. The
average satisfaction score of the experimental group using virtual reality teaching materials was 4.82 (SD=0.40),
and the average scores of each sub-question were within a high degree of agreement (M=4.63-4.90), with the
highest average being "I think VR can improve my learning willingness” (M=4.90); the lowest mean was “I think
using VR can help me better understand the relative position of breast cancer” (M=4.63). There was a significant
difference between the "satisfaction level of using virtual reality teaching materials" and "history of breast cancer in
relatives and friends" in the experimental group (t = 3.42; p <0.01), and the satisfaction with using virtual reality
teaching materials was significantly higher in those with a history of breast cancer in relatives and friends than
those without. In the next year, 64% of students will take breast self-examination, and 65% of students will be able
to do breast self-examination regularly. Conclusion: In this study, the innovative teaching of virtual reality is
integrated into the education curriculum. The results of the study can strengthen the health beliefs of college
students in breast cancer screening, which can be used as a reference for future campus promotion of breast selfexamination
programs.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Virtual Reality, Breast self-examination, University students, Health Belief Model.