Awareness of cervical cancer screening among nursing staff in a tertiary institution of rural India / 부인종양
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
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: 141-146, 2012.
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em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-11437
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the baseline information about the knowledge of cervical cancer and explore attitude and practice of Pap smear screening among staff nurses.METHODS:
A pretested structured self administered questionnaire based survey was done on 205 staff nurses working in Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Saifai, Etawah, containing mostly recognition and some recall type questions about demographics, knowledge about cervical cancer, its risk factors, screening techniques, attitudes towards cervical cancer screening and its practices.RESULTS:
In this study, 74% knew that Pap smear is used for detection of cervical cancer, but only 59% knew that it can detect both cancerous as well as precancerous lesions of the cervix. Only 18% of the respondents knew about human papillomavirus vaccine. A 47% of respondents had never taken a Pap smear; 63% never referred patients for the screening. Most nurses (79%) thought that a speculum examination and Pap smear are procedures to be performed by the doctors. Among all the respondents, only 11% had ever undergone a Pap smear on themselves.CONCLUSION:
Despite knowledge of the gravity of cervical cancer and prevention by screening, attitudes and practices towards screening were negative.
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Assunto principal:
Instrumentos Cirúrgicos
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Colo do Útero
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Demografia
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Fatores de Risco
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Gravitação
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Índia
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Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
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