Health Behaviour Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Urban Women in Malaysia

Abdullah, Nik Nairan; Al-Kubaisy, Waqar; Mokhtar, Mazlin Mohamad

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.343

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“…This study has showed that only 14.2% of participants reported that they had the intention to be screened for cervical cancer in any health facility. This finding is about four folds less than the study done amongst urban women in Malaysia [29]. This finding indicates that the behavioral intervention for prevention and control of the disease had got low attention as women tried to mention their reasons for not having an intention to be screened so that the level of awareness about screening behavior among women is low.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice for cervical cancer prevention and control among women of childbearing age in Hossana Town, Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-based cross-sectional study

Aweke¹,

Ayanto²,

Ersado³

2017

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundCervical cancer is the second most common female cancer which Ethiopia put a strategic goal to reduce its incidence and mortality by 2020. Lack of knowledge and poor attitude towards the disease and risk factors can affect screening practice and development of preventive behavior for cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude, practices and factors for each domain for cervical cancer among women of child bearing age in Hossana town, Southern, Ethiopia.MethodsCommunity based cross sectional study was carried out in June 2015. A total of 583 participants were selected using systematic random sampling technique. Pretested structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used to gather the data. Data were entered in to Epi Info software version 3.5.4 and exported to SPSS version 16 for descriptive and logistic regression analysis.ResultsTwo hundred seventy (46.3%) of the respondents had poor comprehensive knowledge. Only 58 (9.9%) of participants had been screed for the cervical cancer before the survey. Two hundred three (34.8%) of participants had negative attitude towards selected proxy variables. Not having health seeking behavior for cervical cancer [AOR: 5.45, 95% CI: (1.18, 30.58), P <0.031], had not ever received information about cervical cancer and its prevention [AOR: 2.63, 95%CI: (1.78,8.84), P < 0.018] and not actively seeking health information about cervical cancer [AOR: 6.25, (95%CI: (1.26, 31.06) P < 0.025] were significantly associated factors with poor knowledge. Poor knowledge score was associated with poor attitude [AOR: 56.51, 95%CI: (23.76, 134.37), P <0.001]. Had not ever received information about the disease from any source [AOR: 45.24, (95%CI: (11.47, 178.54), P <0.001] was significantly associated factor with not to be screened for the disease.ConclusionThis study highlighted the importance of awareness creation, increasing knowledge, promoting active searching for health information and experiences of receiving information from any information sources regarding cervical cancer. Therefore, it will be essential to integrate cervical cancer prevention strategies with other reproductive health services at all level of health care delivery system.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice for cervical cancer prevention and control among women of childbearing age in Hossana Town, Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-based cross-sectional study

Aweke¹,

Ayanto²,

Ersado³

2017

PLoS ONE

149

122

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“…They will continue seeking traditional treatment despite having a modern rural health service (Ariff and Beng, 2006). It is also noted that Malays tend to seek treatment at a later stage of the cancer and presented with large tumours (Wong et al, 2009;Abdullah et al, 2013b). This behaviour was also observed among Malay patients with breast cancer (Hisham and Yip, 2004).…”

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Survival Rates of Cervical Cancer Patients in Malaysia

Muhamad¹,

Kamaluddin²,

Adon³

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Cervical cancer is the most common malignant cancer of the female reproductive organs worldwide. Currently, cervical cancer can be prevented by vaccination and detected at an early stage via various screening methods. Malaysia, as a developing country faces a heavy disease burden of cervical cancer as it is the second most common cancer among Malaysian women. This population based study was carried out to fulfil the primary aim of determining the survival rates of Malaysian women with cervical cancer and associated factors. Data were obtained from two different sources namely, the Malaysian National Cancer Registry (MNCR) and National Health Informatics Centre (NHIC) from 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2005. Kaplan Meier analyses were conducted to identify the overall survival rates and median survival time. Differences in survival among different ethnic and age group were compared using the log-rank test. A total of 5,859 patients were included. The median survival time for cervical cancer in this study was 65.8 months and the 5-year survival rate was 71.1% . The overall observed survival rates at 1, 3 and 5 years were 94.1%, 79.3% and 71.1% respectively. The log-rank test finding also showed that there were significant differences in the 5-year survival rate among different ethnic groups. Malays had the lowest survival rate of 59.2% followed by Indians (69.5%) and Chinese (73.8%). The overall 5-year survival rate among patients with cervical cancer in Malaysia is relatively good. Age and ethnic groups remain as significant determining factors for cervical cancer survival rate.

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“…Among the health screening modalities that they did not perform were the Pap smear (60%), breast screening (47%) and bone scan (81.5%). Abdullah et al (2013) found that embarrassment and cost were influential factors of health screening execution among the population. According to Meneze et al (2015), based on Health Belief Model, main barrier to health seeking behavior were physical environment, availability, affordability, lack of familiarity with the health care system and lack of information available.…”

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Health Screening Behaviour among Female Urban Dwellers

Abdullah¹,

Saman²,

Noor³

2016

E-BPJ

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An ageing population is a public health challenge, affects most countries. Health screenings are able to detect diseases at the earliest stage. A cross-sectional study in December 2014 conducted among 643 older women who randomly interviewed using structured questionnaire from two urban governmental health centres in Malaysia. Aims of the study were to describe health screening services behaviour and health care accessibility among women aged 50 and above. Factors such as living arrangement and age played important roles in health screening execution among older female community dwellers. Advocacy on health screening is vital as to reduce the morbidity and mortality among them.

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Health Behaviour Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Urban Women in Malaysia

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Knowledge, attitude and practice for cervical cancer prevention and control among women of childbearing age in Hossana Town, Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-based cross-sectional study

Knowledge, attitude and practice for cervical cancer prevention and control among women of childbearing age in Hossana Town, Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-based cross-sectional study

Survival Rates of Cervical Cancer Patients in Malaysia

Health Screening Behaviour among Female Urban Dwellers

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