Awareness, outlook & general belief regarding cervical cancer and its prevention in women attending gynaecology OPD in rural setup in West Bengal
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2018, Vol 116, Issue 12
Abstract
Cervical cancer is a cause of significant disease worldwide. Human papiloma virus (HPV) is the cause of cancer cervix in almost all cases. Early detection and treatment is essential to prevent further spread. It is a well known fact that rural Indian population is usually less informed about cervical cancer and specially screening programmes and available modalities for screening, hence this study was taken to understand their knowledge, attitude & general belief regarding cervical cancer and simultaneously to inform them about the various detection & treatment modalities available. To assess the Awareness & General belief regarding prevention of cervical cancer among women attending gynecology outpatient department (OPD) in rural area setup and to find an association between knowledge and perceived barriers with socio- demographic Variables. The present descriptive study was designed in order to access the knowledge, attitude and belief of rural women based in rural setup of Kalyani. A sample size of 500 women attending Gynaecology OPD in GICE Hospital, aged between 25-55 years was targeted from January 2018 to June 2018. Simple random sampling technique was adapted for the sample collection. Pre tested questionnaire were used for data collection. The rural population in general has a very little knowledge regarding the causes of cervical cancer, signs and symptoms related to it and even have less information regarding prevention methods leading to late diagnosis or even treatment.
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Indranil Dutta, Samarendra Kumar Basu
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