Awareness of cervical cancer screening among nursing staff in a tertiary institution of rural India

被引:33
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作者
Singh, Ekta [1 ]
Seth, Shikha [1 ]
Rani, Vidya [2 ]
Srivastava, Dhiraj Kumar [2 ]
机构
[1] Uttar Pradesh Rural Inst Med Sci & Res, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Etawah, India
[2] Uttar Pradesh Rural Inst Med Sci & Res, Dept Community Med, Etawah, India
关键词
Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Screening attitude; KNOWLEDGE; TRIAL; WOMEN;
D O I
10.3802/jgo.2012.23.3.141
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
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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