Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward cervical cancer among women attending Obstetrics and Gynecology Department: A cross-sectional, hospital-based survey in South India

Abstract

Although women are having good knowledge, positive attitude toward cervical cancer screening and prevention still there is a gap to transform it into practice. There is a need for more educational programs to connect identified knowledge slits and uplift of regular practice of cervical cancer screening.

Cervical cancer: a hospital based KAP study among women aged 18 years and above in Northern India

“…6 Among the studies conducted abroad, Touch et al reported 74%, Shrestha et al reported 65.7% and Tran NT et al reported more than 60% having heard of the disease in Combodia, Nepal and Korea respectively. [7][8][9] In the current study , friends and relatives followed by media were the main information sources for the respondents and these results are in agreement with those reported by Narayana et al and Abdullahi et al 5,10 More than 80% of the respondents were aware that cervical cancer was preventable and about the availability of screening test for the disease. Tran et al reported that only 36% of the respondents knew that cancer cervix could be prevented.…”

“…The results revealed that 91.56% had heard of cervical cancer and these are higher than reported by Narayana et al 5 Since the present study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital where women are able to assess better information, could be the major reason for large proportion of women having heard of cervical cancer. Also the proportion of urban respondents was higher which may be another reason for these results.…”

“…5,6 Similar findings were also reported from North Uganda by Mukana et al 11 The most important risk factor mentioned by respondents in the present study was multiple sex partners which was in consonance with that reported by Bansal et al 12 Bleeding from intercourse was the commonly mentioned symptoms in the present study whereas intermenstrual bleeding was commonly reported by Bansal et al 12 Attitude among half of the respondents were positive on parameters like cervical cancer being not transmitted from one patient to another and screening being a harmless procedure for the client. However, in contrast, most of the respondents showed positive attitude towards cervical cancer in the study conducted by Narayan et al 5 More than three fourth were willing to utilize free screening for cancer cervix if offered. The results are congruent with those reported by Touch et al and Bansal et al 12 Only 16% of the respondents had undergone pap test screening but still this ratio was higher than reported by Bansal et al and Touch et al in their respective studies.…”

Impact of pharmacist directed counseling on knowledge, attitude, practices and medication adherence among hypothyroidism patients: a quasi-experimental design

“…Points to, aware about thyroid gland location (1 point), de inition of hypothyroidism (1 point), symptoms of hypothyroidism (1 point for any four correct responses among symptoms like Hair fall, Neck pain, neck swelling, sore throat, constipation, weight gain, menstrual irregularities, infertility, and lethargy), major causes of hypothyroidism (1 point for any four correct responses among causes like lack of iodine in diet, damage or disorders of pituitary gland, thyroid surgery, radiation therapy, genetic dysfunction, auto-immunity against thyroid gland, treatment of hyperthyroidism, and certain medications), population at risk (1 point for any four correct responses among female, elderly people, pregnant women, family history of hypothyroidism, and obese person), curability of hypothyroidism (1 point), hypothyroidism affects their children (1 point), to consult endocrinologist (1 point), thyroid pro ile tests and their interpretation with hypothyroidism (1 point), foods need to avoid in hypothyroidism (1 point), treatment option in hypothyroidism (1 point), dose titration requirement in pregnant women (1 point) different brands of thyroid tablets does not show similar effect (1 point), lifelong usage of thyroid tablets (1 point), drugs not to be taken with thyroid tablet (1 point), and complications of under or no treatment of hypothyroidism (1 point). After determination of knowledge points, original Blooms Cut Off Points were used to categorize knowledge levels, where 80-100% correct responses contain a score of (13-16) meant a good knowledge, 60-79% correct responses comprise a score of (10-12) meant a moderate knowledge and <60% correct responses comprise a score of (9 or less than 9) meant a poor knowledge (Narayana et al, 2017)…”

Anti-cancer property of Lenzites betulina (L) Fr. on cervical cancer cell lines and its anti-tumor effect on HeLa-implanted mice

“…Cancer is a major public health problem and one of the leading causes of death in the world today 14 . Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide 15,16 . One third of newly diagnosed cancers among women in the India are cervical cancers and that is for the infection with some types of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).…”