Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil

Albuquerque, Carla Lorenna Ferreira de; Costa, Marla da Paschoa; Nunes, Felipe Moreira; Freitas, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de; Azevedo, Paulo Roberto Medeiros de; Fernandes, José Veríssimo; Rêgo, Juciane Vaz; Barreto, Humberto Medeiros

doi:10.1590/1516-3180.2014.1321551

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“…As for non-health students, they generally do not receive formal education on HPV at an undergraduate level. Although lower than that of female health students, the level of general knowledge about the Pap smear test and HPV was greater than that reported in studies with populations of women of different levels of schooling [25][26][27][28][29] . However, for questions of inter-relations concerning HPV, cancer, and warts, these university students have an equivalent level of knowledge.…”

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Knowledge of human papillomavirus and Pap test among Brazilian university students

Baptista

Simão

Santos

et al. 2019

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted virus in the world and is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer. The most effective approach to cervical cancer control continues to be screening through the preventive Papanicolaou test (Pap test). This study analyzes the knowledge of university students of health science programs as well as undergraduate courses in other areas of knowledge on important questions regarding HPV. METHOD: Four hundred and seventy-three university students completed a questionnaire assessing their overall knowledge regarding HPV infection, cervical cancer, and the Pap test. A descriptive analysis is presented, and multivariate analysis using logistic regression identified factors associated with HPV/cervical cancer information. RESULTS: Knowledge was higher for simple HPV-related and Pap test questions but was lower for HPV interrelations with genital warts and cervical cancer. Being from the health science fields and having high income were factors associated with greater knowledge. Only the minority of the participants recognized all the situations that increased the risk of virus infection presented in the questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for educational campaigns regarding HPV infection, its potential as a cervical cancer agent and the forms of prevention available.

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Knowledge of human papillomavirus and Pap test among Brazilian university students

Baptista

Simão

Santos

et al. 2019

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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“…A procura pelo serviço de saúde para realizar o exame de Papanicolaou foi por demanda espontânea justificada pela rotina de prevenção, demonstrando a participação da mulher na prevenção do CCU de forma adequada, haja vista que as lesões precursoras do CCU são assintomáticas, por isso o exame deve ser realizado regularmente em tempo adequado (1) . Outros estudos apontam também que a participação das mulheres no programa de prevenção do CCU ocorre em sua maioria por rotina preventiva (11,20) , sendo este um fator positivo na prevenção do CCU.…”

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“…Nesta pesquisa, o conhecimento adequado não se associou ao fator idade, o que não corroborou estudo realizado em Fortaleza/CE onde os pesquisadores apontaram que conhecimento, atitude e prática adequada de realização do exame melhoram com o avançar da idade (8) . Outros fatores apresentados pela literatura científica que se associam à realização do exame como: ter trabalho remunerado (14) , possuir maior escolaridade (17) , ter companheiro (16) e realizar consultas periódicas (20) neste trabalho não foram associados a conhecimento adequado do exame de Papanicolaou.…”

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“…Quanto à prática adequada de realização do exame de Papanicolaou, estudos apontam que as mulheres possuem conhecimento inadequado sobre o exame, porém apresentam uma prática de realização adequada (20,22) . Dados que não corroboram este estudo, em que se verificou que o conhecimento adequado está associado à prática adequada de realização do exame de Papanicolaou.…”

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<b>Fatores associados ao conhecimento sobre Papanicolaou/ Factors associated with knowledge about the pap test

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Objetivo: conhecer os fatores que se associam ao conhecimento sobre o exame de Papanicolaou em mulheres usuárias do Serviço Público Municipal de Saúde. Método: estudo quantitativo e transversal, realizado no interior de São Paulo com 180 mulheres. Utilizou-se instrumento para caracterizar o perfil e verificar o conhecimento. Realizou-se análise estatística descritiva, teste qui-quadrado para análise bivariada e regressão logística binária para multivariada. Resultados: as mulheres possuíam +/-43,6 anos, a maior parte tinha trabalho remunerado, cor parda, companheiro, não utilizava preservativo, não apresentava queixas ginecológicas e realizava o exame em tempo adequado. O conhecimento foi satisfatório quanto ao local e à forma de realização do exame e insatisfatório quanto à população-alvo e periodicidade. Conclusão: associaram-se ao conhecimento satisfatório as variáveis cor da pele branca, renda familiar, queixa ginecológica e realizar o exame em tempo adequado; mulheres com renda familiar mensal de dois ou mais salários mínimos apresentaram mais chances de ter conhecimento adequado sobre o exame de Papanicolaou.

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“…Pap (cytology) testing-based cervicalcancer screening programs have been responsible for the decline in the cervical cancer burden in the United States and other developed countries (4,5). However, despite the fact that cytology screening programs are widely available, accessible, and at no cost to women living in Brazil through the public health system, some women do not fully take part in these programs primarily due to intrapersonal barriers such as lack of perceived need, symptoms, knowledge, physician recommendation as well as embarrassment, competing priorities, and illiteracy (6)(7)(8)(9). Even when structural barriers are minimized in a socialized medicine context, intrapersonal barriers persist.…”

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Participation in Cervical Screening by Self-collection, Pap, or a Choice of Either in Brazil

Castle

Silva

Consolaro

et al. 2019

Cancer Prevention Research

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Most cervical cancers occur in women who do not participate in cervical-cancer screening. We therefore evaluated adherence to screening for clinic-based Pap testing, self-collected sampling for HPV testing, and choice of the 2 among 483 unscreened/underscreened women in Brazil. Three public Basic Health Units (BHU) were each randomly assigned to three arms: (i) Pap testing at the BHU (N ¼ 160), (ii) "Self&HPV" (self-collection for HPV testing) (N ¼ 161), and (iii) "Choice" between self-collection and HPV testing and Pap test at the local BHU (N ¼ 162). The theory-based (PEN-3 and Health Belief Model) intervention in all three arms was implemented by trained Community Health Workers (CHW) at participants' home. With the first invitation, 60.0% in the Pap arm, 95.1% [154 of 161 (95.7%) who selected Self&HPV and 0 of 1 (0.0%) a Two-sided, Fisher exact test; bolded values highlight statistical significance (P < 0.05). b Among women ages 50 and older. c Women had undergone screening in <4 years were ineligible for the study.Castle et al.

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil

Abstract: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The Papanicolaou (Pap) test has been shown to be effective in preventing cervical cancer. However, both the national and international literature shows that Pap testing has not reached the level of coverage desired.

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Knowledge of human papillomavirus and Pap test among Brazilian university students

Knowledge of human papillomavirus and Pap test among Brazilian university students

<b>Fatores associados ao conhecimento sobre Papanicolaou/ Factors associated with knowledge about the pap test

Participation in Cervical Screening by Self-collection, Pap, or a Choice of Either in Brazil

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