Evolución del tratamiento del cáncer de cérvix en Guipúzcoa, 1998-2002

Opinions and Expectations of Women in the Treatment of Cervical and Uterine Cancer in Spain

“…Early detection is considered to be essential and the election of adequate testing is needed, taking into account its cost-effectiveness and its potential psychological damage for the patients [1]. There are multiple research works [1,3,24,26] that investigate the factors influencing women's participation in screening. The aspects of potential influence can be considered:…”

“…Early detection is considered to be essential and the election of adequate testing is needed, taking into account its cost–effectiveness and its potential psychological damage for the patients [1]. There are multiple research works [1,3,24,26] that investigate the factors influencing women's participation in screening. The aspects of potential influence can be considered: Individual factors such as state of health [17,24], socioeconomic status [17,24], habit of attending primary care services, fear of adverse outcomes [24] and pain [17,27], and cultural aspects such as beliefs associated with the disease [23]; Factors related to health management, among them the accessibility [24], the quality of healthcare [17] and the information regarding routes of transmission of the disease [23] and the benefits of screening [27].…”

“…A recent bibliographical revision on the healthcare process of cervical–uterine cancer management in various geographical regions including Europe [1–11], North America [12–20], Latin America [21–25], Asia [26,27], Africa [28,29] and Oceania [30–33] indicates the general need to improve the accessibility and usage of cancer screening programs [1,3,8–10,14,23–24,26–27]. The aforementioned work highlights the motives, experiences and barriers for its utilization, including sanitary [24], social and cultural factors [10,14,23,27].…”