Socio Demographic Profile and Risk Factors Of Women Presenting With Cervical Cancer in A Tertiary Care Center in Bangladesh

Shirin, Fahmida; Ferdous, Jannatul; Karim, Tanjila; Islam, Farhan; Khanam, Zubaida

doi:10.3329/jcmcta.v28i1.62391

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“…Considering the education level, 44.9% of garment workers attended only the primary education, this finding is consistent with the study conducted by Hasnain et al 11 Recognized risk factors of cancer cervix are poverty, early marriage, childbirth at younger age, smoking, family history of cervical cancer. 6,10,14,16 Presence of these risk factors have also found among the garment workers of our study. Present study also has shown only 1.1% respondents underwent screening for cervical cancer in the past.…”

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“…6 We have conducted a study in CMCH among the admitted cervical cancer patients, where 5.88% of populations were garment workers. 14 Study have shown that garment workers are of higher risk of HPV infection (which is the causative organism of Cancer cervix) compared to others. 6 In our present study 55.91% of total population were in age group of 21-30 years and 38.01% were within 31-40 years.…”

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Screening for cervical cancer (By VIA Test) among selected garments worker in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Shirin

Chowdhury

Sultana

et al. 2023

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Bangladesh is a densely populated country of South East Asia with low resource setting where cervical cancer is the 2nd leading cause of female cancer. In more than 80% cases are diagnosed at advanced and inoperable stage. Regarding socio demographic context of this country VIA has been introduced as a screening method for cervical cancer which is most simple, cost effective, and acceptable test for all women. In Bangladesh among 3 million garment workers more than 80% are women. The objective of this study was to identify prevalence of VIA positive cases among garment workers. So that it can reduce the incidence of cervical cancer in Bangladesh. Methods: It was a cross–sectional observational study conducted in some selected garment factories in Chattogram city of Bangladesh from January 2021 to July 2021, where we enrolled 534 female workers for VIA test. Results: Among all the respondents 56% were 30 years or younger, 38% were aged between 31 to 40 years. Among 534 participants, 44.9% completed primary education, 37.3% were smoker and 34.5% had their children at early age. Majority (86.7%) had excessive whitish discharge. Post coital bleeding and irregular bleeding was 2.6% and 2.2% respectively. Considering awareness, 61.8% had idea about cervical cancer, only 1.1% had undergone VIA test in the past. In our study we found 2.4% of participants were VIA positive cases. Conclusions: It is important to include the garment workers, while making public health policies and implementation of cervical cancer control program.

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