Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) toward Cervical Cancer Screening among Adama Science and Technology University Female Students, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background. Cervical cancer is a complication of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Eighty percent of the cases occur in low-resource countries. According to the 2009 World Health Organization report, the age-adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer in Ethiopia was 35.9 per 100,000 patients with 7619 annual number of new cases and 60-81 deaths every year. The study is aimed at assessing the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice concerning cervical cancer among female students at Adama Science and Technology University. Methodology. An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 667Adama Science and Technology University female students. A simple random sampling method was used to select the respondents. Structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results. About 404 (60.6%) of the participants heard about cervical cancer, 478 (71.7%) had positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening, and only 15 (2.2%) participants were screened for cervical cancer. Lack of information about cervical cancer was the most reported reason for not attending to cervical cancer screening. Conclusion and Recommendation. The study showed that there was low knowledge on cervical cancer and screening for premalignant lesion among women. There is a need to promote and encourage women to early cervical cancer screening at precancerous stage by informing their susceptibility to cervical cancer.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Cervical Cancer Screening and Associated Factors Among College and University Female Students in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia

“…In the current study 11 (64.7%) more than once screened, 9 (52.9%) were motivated by health practitioner advice, and 11 (64.7%) were screened within the past 3 years. Compared to studies conducted at Niger Delta University, Nigeria, 19.5%, 25 and Adama University, Ethiopia, 2.1% 13 of respondents had been screened once. At Addis Ababa University 40% of those who had undergone an examination had it within the past 3 years.…”

“…21 While a study was done at Adama University 71.7% of respondents had a positive attitude toward cervical cancer screening. 13 This may be due to the different in the nature of population and accessibility of health-related information’s.…”

“…Surprisingly none of the study participants had been screened for cervical cancer in a study conducted at Wollega University. 11 - 14 Furthermore, College and university students and young adults have a high prevalence of genital Human Papilloma Virus infection because of their risky sexual behavior, lack of knowledge on screening, and very few students receive screening services, and misconceptions about susceptibility. 15…”

Female healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice towards cervical cancer screening and associated factors in public hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia

“…A single population proportion formula was used, with assuming a 95% confidence interval (CI), 5% margin of error, and a population proportion of 60.9%, 71.7%, and 2.2% for knowledge, attitude, and practice, respectively. 18 Accordingly, the calculated total sample size was 367, 312, and 33, respectively, for knowledge, attitude, and practice. The largest sample, n = 367, was used for this study by adding a 10% non-response rate, so the total sample size was n = 404.…”

“…Those who scored above the mean were considered to have a favourable attitude and those who scored below the mean had an unfavourable attitude. 18 , 20 …”