Effect of Age and Parity on Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women of Child Bearing Age in Anambra State

Abstract

The goal of this study was to see how age and parity affected cervical cancer screening among women of childbearing age in Anambra State. The population of the study was 1,876 women of childbearing age who registered for prenatal care in public hospitals in Anambra State during the study period. Two research questions and two research hypotheses led the investigation. A multi-stage (purposive) sampling procedure was used to choose the one hundred and eighty-five (185) participants. Cronbach alpha was used to estimate the instrument's internal consistency, which was used to determine its dependability. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for data input and analysis and inferential statistics (ANCOVA) was utilized to test the null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that was no significant difference in mean cervical cancer screening practice scores of women of child bearing age of different age groups. Also there was equally no significant interaction between treatment groups and parity levels on mean cervical cancer practice scores of women of child bearing age. Important conclusions and recommendations were made based on the findings.