A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
Journal Title: Stanley Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Aims: To assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and behaviour of cervical cancer screening, among women in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. Settings and Design: Cross sectional descriptive study Methods and Material: A cross sectional survey was carried out in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. A total of 225 women of 25~64 years of age were interviewed. A questionnaire consisting of 30 questions was given and it collected data on Socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, practice and behaviour towards cervical cancer. Statistical analysis used: Data was fed into excel sheet and statistical analysis was done using SPSS v.20 package. Results: 50.2% had poor score for knowledge. They all showed positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening. There was a significant relationship between i.) Age and knowledge score ii.)Age and pain, feeling embarrassed, general negative attitude towards health care, difficulty to get to pap smear clinic, pap smear test alone is unnecessary and cost as barrier and iii.) Age and practice of pap smear test. In terms of practice,63.6% of the population had had a pap smear test in the past and all had it only once. Most women preferred a women to conduct the pap smear test, at a clinic or private hospital and to receive their results face to face. Conclusions: The findings of this study highlight some important barriers to pap smear testing. The challenge for health care providers is to come up with better strategies to deal with these barriers for the uptake of pap smear testing to improve.
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Sneha Sethumadhavan, Chitra A
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