A study on Knowledge, Awareness and Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Women attending Outpatient department of a Teaching Hospital in North India
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent malignant neoplasms among women in developing countries affecting mainly in fifth to sixth decade of life. In the Indian subcontinent, it has got an overall incidence of 1, 32,000 new cases per year and 74000 deaths take place due to this disease each year. The burden of this disease can be reduced by screening women for precancerous lesions and by administration of Human Papillomavirus vaccine to adolescent girls. Unlike developed countries, cervical cancer prevention programmes have failed to meet their objectives in developing countries due to financial, social and logistical problems Objectives: The current study aims to assess the knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention in women attending a private medical college in Lucknow and the socio-demographic factors associated with accessing the screening services. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on women attending OPD of Gynecology Department of Era’s Lucknow Medical College. The questionnaire was designed based on cervical cancer awareness measure toolkit version 2.1.It is based on a generic CAM (cancer Awareness Measure) developed by Cancer Research UK, University College London, King’s College London and Oxford University in 2007-08. Results: About half of the study population (122, 51.9%) knew about cervical cancer. About 35.3% of the population knew about screening services for prevention of cervical cancer, and majority (220, 93.6%) was not aware of vaccination as prevention for cervical cancer. From this study we conclude that our study population has a very poor knowledge of cervical cancer, its screening and its prevention. If the situation is so grave in urban area, the conditions in rural areas are unimaginable. Conclusion: Therefore a lot needs to be done to educate the general population about the warning signs of cervical cancer, about HPV vaccine and various screening methods.
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Dr. Parul Sinha
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