Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention among nursing staff of a tertiary care teaching institute in South India

Dhodapkar, Sneha Badwe; Chauhan, Ramesh Chand; Thampy, Shilpa

doi:10.5455/2320-1770.ijrcog20141235

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“…Our findings are similar to those in South India that, the majority of participants in their study belonged to the age group of 20-24 years [16] and in line with results reported by Mwaka et al [17] in Uganda.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In this study, the number of respondents with multiples sex partners was 45.2% which was in line with the 48.2% reported in South India [16] and lower compared to the 11.5% reported in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India [19]. In bivariate and multinomial regression analysis, our study showed that the number of sexual partners had a significant association with cervical cancer screening uptake, which is in line with the association of number of lifetime sexual partners with cervical cancer awareness amongst HIV positive women in the city of Laâyoune, Morocco [18] as well as in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India [19].…”

Section: Socio-economic Determinants Of Cervical Cancer Screening Uptsupporting

confidence: 89%

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Socio-economic Determinants Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening in Buea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Fru¹,

Andrew²,

Cho³

et al. 2020

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Introduction: Cervical cancer remains a huge burden in scarce resource communities as Cameroon. The morbidity and mortality are huge, despite the preventable nature of this pathology. This study set to explore the socio-economic variables which could help influence positively presentation for screening and lessen the pressure on our fragile heath system. Methodology: A one-day free screening campaign was carried out at the Buea regional hospital on the 2nd of November, 2019. The study population consisted of women aged 16 to 66 years old. After thorough explanation of the exercise to the potential participants to this study, a questionnaire was distributed to them. Assurance was given about the confidentiality of this study, and they were also informed that, they could opt out at any moment, if they so wish. Results: Some of the socio-economic variables influencing presentation for cervical cancer screening were identified and they seem to modulate individual behaviour towards cervical cancer screening. They were namely: age, level of education, residence, marital status, age at first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, number of pregnancies and number of deliveries. Conclusion: The key contributors influencing presentation at screening in this study were: age, level of education, residence, age at first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, number of pregnancies and number of deliveries. Understanding and acting on these variables could help curb down morbidity and mortality, thus alleviating the burden on our fragile heath system.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Socio-economic Determinants Of Cervical Cancer Screening Uptsupporting

confidence: 89%

Socio-economic Determinants Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening in Buea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Fru¹,

Andrew²,

Cho³

et al. 2020

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“…Dhodapkar SB et al reported that risk factors for Cervical Cancer were young age at first intercourse, multiple sex partners, and lower socio-economic status by 13%, 48%, and 13%, respectively. 31 Amos D Mwaka et al found that 88.3% knew Cervical Cancer risk factors as multiple male sexual partners, sexually transmitted germ or virus (82.0%). 32 In a study by Shah et al only 8 (11.5%) respondents were aware of multiple sexual partners as one of the risk factors.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Women in India: A Review

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Background: Cervical Cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world leading to 90% deaths in low and middle income countries. About 96,922 new Cervical Cancer cases are diagnosed annually in India. Objective: To study the knowledge, attitude and practice on Cervical Cancer and screening among women in India. Materials and Methods: Health sciences electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for studies published between 2012 to March 2020. Keywords used for the search were (“Cervical Cancer screening”), (“knowledge”),(“attitude”), (“practice”) AND (“India”). 19 articles were included in the review based on the eligibility criteria. Statistical software SPSS-V.23 was used for the statistical application. Results: 7688 women were included in the study. Age of study participants ranged from 12-65 years. Overall knowledge on Cervical Cancer among women was 40.22%. Knowledge of risk factors and signs and symptoms was fairly adequate among the women. 32.68% of women knew that early age of marriage was a risk factor for Cervical Cancer followed by 23.01% women who mentioned that early age of initiation of sexual activity was a common risk factor for Cervical Cancer. Inter menstrual bleeding and foul smelling discharge was the most common sign and symptom reported in 30.75% and 28.86% women respectively. Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Cervical Cancer screening was seen in 20.31%, 43.64% and 13.22% of women respectively. Conclusion: Effective information, education and communication strategies are required to improve the level of awareness of women on Cervical Cancer.

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“…Being the most effective and newly developed concept of preventing the cancer cervix by early pap smear test and with vaccination, adhering to routine screening of the susceptible female population through periodic Pap smears even in developed countries has been unsatisfactory. And to say that in India the organized screening program and awareness of cervical cancer is less and this lies as a barrier for the women to be screened for cervical cancer when they are presenting to the hospital as a routine basis , [5,6]. So, awareness is essential for its implementation.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Cervical Cancer Screening and its Prophylactic Vaccination Against Human Papillomavirus Among the Undergraduate Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Gandhi

Selvaraj

Janarthanan

2018

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Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy in females and Human papilloma virus [HPV] is the main etiological factor of cervical cancer and it is an important public health issues .The aim of this study is to assess the level of awareness and attitude towards cervical cancer screening and its prophylactic HPV vaccination amongst the undergraduate medical students.Methods: It is a cross sectional study and it was conducted by the Department of Pathology and Pharmacology at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and hospital ,Puducherry in south India by involving the M.B.B.S undergraduate students from July 2017 to August 2017. Totally 400 students were consented from second year to final year for this study ,a validated and pre-tested questionnaires were filled by them .Result: It was observed that majority of the participants were in the age group of 20-21 and male participants (50.3%) were higher than female participants ( 49.7%). Majority of the participants were from 5th semester(41.5%), 7th semester(26.5%), 9th semester (25.8%) compared to the 6th and 8th semester. 96.8% of the participants showed positive attitude about their knowledge on cervical cancer and 91.5% regarding pap smear and 55% for HPV vaccination. Very few students 7% had already taken vaccine with no significant differences between the various semesters of medical students. Conclusion:In conclusion the Knowledge and attitude of the participants were positive and high .But only few students had vaccination. Thus ,more knowledge about cervical cancer, pap smear screening and HPV vaccination campaign services can be provided among the medical students.

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Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention among nursing staff of a tertiary care teaching institute in South India

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Socio-economic Determinants Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening in Buea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Socio-economic Determinants Influencing Cervical Cancer Screening in Buea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Women in India: A Review

Knowledge and Attitude of Cervical Cancer Screening and its Prophylactic Vaccination Against Human Papillomavirus Among the Undergraduate Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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