Awareness of cervical cancer screening among nursing staff in a tertiary institution of rural India.
J Gynecol Oncol
; 23(3): 141-6, 2012 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the baseline information about the knowledge of cervical cancer and explore attitude and practice of Pap smear screening among staff nurses.METHODS:
A pretested structured self administered questionnaire based survey was done on 205 staff nurses working in Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Saifai, Etawah, containing mostly recognition and some recall type questions about demographics, knowledge about cervical cancer, its risk factors, screening techniques, attitudes towards cervical cancer screening and its practices.RESULTS:
In this study, 74% knew that Pap smear is used for detection of cervical cancer, but only 59% knew that it can detect both cancerous as well as precancerous lesions of the cervix. Only 18% of the respondents knew about human papillomavirus vaccine. A 47% of respondents had never taken a Pap smear; 63% never referred patients for the screening. Most nurses (79%) thought that a speculum examination and Pap smear are procedures to be performed by the doctors. Among all the respondents, only 11% had ever undergone a Pap smear on themselves.CONCLUSION:
Despite knowledge of the gravity of cervical cancer and prevention by screening, attitudes and practices towards screening were negative.
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gynecol Oncol
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article
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Índia