Pilot plan for data collection in a psychosocial study on barriers to access to cytology of cervix
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2022, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: The cervix is an anatomical sector in women that is prone to acquire various types of infections with or without sexual intercourse; No respects no condition or status, being a public health problem. In many cases women do not undergo a specialized examination for control or diagnosis preventive. Objectives: To determine the validity, relevance and reliability of the questionnaire designed to assess barriers to cervical cytology; identify barriers to access to cervical cytology care; analyze the emotional state of the women who attend the consultation. Materials and Methods: applied a mixed methodology: quantitative cross-sectional, exploratory type; the validation was carried out through expert judgment; the qualitative is phenomenological; I know uses a saturation interview technique, organized by categories and coding Results: The quantitative instrument obtains a 91.87% validity score;92.45% relevance and 90.91% reliability. Among the barriers socio-demographic barriers prevail for gynecological examination; women who feel fear of the exam 33%. In the interview it is verified that there is no fear to the exam, you feel uncomfortable in front of the doctor, there are difficulties for the exam, due to the type of thought, they present symptoms of anxiety, anguish, insecurity and Difficulty making decisions without your partner. Conclusions: The concern of the study population is finding out that they have a major disease; ignorance is general, but cytology is associated with some type of infection for having sex with their partners, fear of cancer. The barriers are related to lack of knowledge about infectious diseases and their origin; the exam sounds like diseases; psychological barriers complicate the scientific approach and distance women of the prevention and timely detection of cervical cancer
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Cinthia Janneth Urgiles Ayala, Holguer Estuardo Romero-Urrea, Alexandra Carolina Zambrano Menéndez, Joseline Stefaníe Bustamante Silva, Sofía Elizabeth Bravo Ávila
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