Knowledge, attitude, and practice of cervical cancer screening among Greek students: a short report

Bakogianni, Giannoula D.; Goutsou, Spiridoula C.; Liti, Maria V.; Rizopoulou, Sophia I.; Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos M.; Nikolakopoulou, Nikoleta M.

doi:10.1515/ijamh.2012.047

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“…Similar studies conducted in Malaysia [14], South Africa [15], Kolkata [16] and in the United States of America [17,18] reported comparable results. About 53% (n = 353) of the participants were aware of the purpose of Pap test which is much lower than those reported from studies conducted among Taiwanese (80%) [19] and Greek (94%) [20] students. Only about 25% of our study respondents knew about the link between smoking and cervical cancer which is slightly higher than studies reported from Sri Lanka (20.8%) [21], Nepal (0.2%) [21] and Ghana (1%) [22] but much lower than that reported from studies conducted in Malaysia (61%) [23].…”

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Cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates of year 2012 attending national graduate orientation program, Bhutan

Dhendup¹,

Tshering

2014

BMC Women's Health

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BackgroundCervical cancer is the leading female cancer in Bhutan. This study describes the level of cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates attending the National Graduate Orientation Program (NGOP), 2012.MethodsA cross-sectional study of female graduates attending NGOP was conducted using self-administered anonymous questionnaire developed through literature reviews and expert discussions to elicit information on demographic characteristics, knowledge, screening behaviors and determinants of cervical cancer. The association of demographic and other important study characteristics with uptake of Pap test was investigated using cross tabulation and Fischer Exact test. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for all the questions.ResultsThe average age of the participants was 23.43 ± SD 2.73. About 92% (n = 513) of the respondents were aged 25 years or less and 7.9% (n = 44) of the respondents were aged 26 or more. The study revealed low cervical cancer knowledge and poor screening behavior among the graduates. The mean knowledge score was 3.571 (SD1.75, Range 0–8). About 6% (n=34) of the respondents reported undergoing Pap test at least once and 94% reported as never having done Pap test. The most commonly cited reasons for not doing Pap test included “never thought I needed one” (57%, n = 320), “embarrassment of being examined by male health professional” and “fear of finding out cancer”. The study revealed evidence of significant association between increasing age, those who are married, knowledge score and those recommended for screening by health professionals with the uptake of Pap test.ConclusionOur study revealed poor knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates in Bhutan. This may be suggestive of even poorer awareness and screening practices among young unmarried women who are less educated or with no education. Although our study group is not appropriate for measuring practice of cervical cancer screening in the country, the findings are expected to highlight the shortcomings and trigger development of comprehensive cervical cancer control programs in Bhutan.

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Cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates of year 2012 attending national graduate orientation program, Bhutan

Dhendup¹,

Tshering

2014

BMC Women's Health

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“…While studies among female university students in high income countries found a higher participation rate in screening for cervical cancer, e.g. 44.8% in Greece (Bakogianni et al, 2012) and 41% in USA (Durvasula et al, 2006).…”

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Attitudes and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening among Female University Students from 25 Low, Middle Income and Emerging Economy Countries

Pengpid¹,

Peltzer²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Cervical cancer, the third commonest cancer in women worldwide, can be prevented through early detection by cervical screening (Pap smear). The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and practice of cervical cancer screening among female undergraduate university students from 25 low, middle income and emerging economy countries. Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected from 9,194 female undergraduate university students aged 18-26 years (mean age 20.9, SD=2.0) from 26 universities in 25 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Overall, 11.6% of the female students indicated that they had conducted one or more times a cervical (Pap) smear test; 8.3% among 18-20 year-olds and 15.6% among 21-26 year-old students. There was considerable country variation on having had a cervical (Pap) smear test among 21-26 year-old female university students, ranging from 59.2% in Colombia and 50.9% in Barbados to 0% in India and 1.0% in Tunesia. Logistic regression showed that cervical cancer screening importance or positive attitude were highly associated with the cervical screening practice. Moreover, risky sexual behaviour and tobacco use, two cervical cancer risk factors, were associated with screening. Cervical cancer screening practices were found to be inadequate and efforts should be made to develop programmes that can increase the uptake of cervical cancer screening.

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“…The range of awareness in various studies was 53% in Bhutan, 80% in Taiwan, and 94% in Greece. 6,16,17 Knowledge regarding vaccination and treatment is dismal too with only 30% of study population having some awareness. This has been seen in other studies among both Indian 18 and international graduates too.…”

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A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of female graduate students on cervical cancer

Koshy¹,

Gangadharan²,

Naidu

2017

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women with an average of 468,000 new cases per year. Out of these 80% occur in developing and underdeveloped countries. World Health Organisation statistics show that Indian carries one fifths of world burden of the disease with 72,600 deaths annually. Key to the success of cervical cancer screening and prevention is the knowledge and awareness possessed by women in general. This requires the honing of knowledge at an impressionable and younger age group.Methods: It is a questionnaire based cross sectional study and was conducted amongst 4 study groups comprising Medical students, engineering students, nursing students and general graduate students between the age group 18 and 25 years.Results: According to present study, 93% of medical, 75% of nursing and only 29% of engineering students and 9 % of other students were actually even aware of the term cervical cancer. Assessment of knowledge regarding the risk factors of cervical cancer revealed that 13 medical, 9 nursing, 75 of engineering and 85 of Other Graduates weren’t aware of any risk factor that causes cervical cancer. As regards to attitude of the students towards cancer, present study revealed 4 medical, 23 nursing, 10 engineering and 9 general public women think that it is incurable and leads to death.Conclusions: This study highlights unawareness of various aspects of cervical cancer among young women and the burning need for continuing educational intervention at institute level to emphasise the importance and increase the awareness regarding cervical cancer.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of cervical cancer screening among Greek students: a short report

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Cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates of year 2012 attending national graduate orientation program, Bhutan

Cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates of year 2012 attending national graduate orientation program, Bhutan

Attitudes and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening among Female University Students from 25 Low, Middle Income and Emerging Economy Countries

A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of female graduate students on cervical cancer

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