Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Related to Cervical Cancer Screening among Kuwaiti Women
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Related to Cervical Cancer Screening among Kuwaiti Women
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DOI：
10.1159/000163044
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Mohamed, Farida A.
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作者：
Al Sairafi, Mona;Mohamed, Farida A.
目的：评估科威特妇女对宫颈癌筛查的知识、态度和行为。对象和方法：从来诊所就诊的人中随机挑选300名已婚科威特妇女(S)。一份结构化的问卷涵盖了与宫颈癌筛查相关的社会人口学特征、知识、态度和实践。结果：在300名妇女中，281名(93.7%)获得了完整的信息，147名(52.3%)对考试有足够的知识，86名(30.6%)对考试有足够的态度，只有67名(23.8%)有足够的做法。没有做巴氏涂片的主要原因是这不是医生建议的。在所有受访者中，220人(78.7%)倾向于由女性医生进行测试。在多因素Logistic回归分析中，调整其他因素的影响后，教育程度是唯一与对巴氏涂片检测知识和态度不够独立相关的显著因素(分别为p=0.006和p=0.001)。然而，年龄(p<；0.001)、教育水平(p=0.028)和最后一次去看妇科医生的年数(p=0.005)是与不充分使用该测试独立相关的重要因素。结论：我们的研究结果表明，精心设计的关于宫颈癌的健康教育方案和筛查的好处将提高科威特妇女的认识。版权所有(C)2008 S.Karger AG，巴塞尔
Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding cervical cancer screening among Kuwaiti women. Subjects and Methods: A total of 300 married Kuwaiti women were randomly selected from those who visited the clinics irrespective of reason(s) for the visit. A structured questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice related to cervical cancer screening was administered. Results: Of the 300 women, complete information was collected from 281 (93.7%), the knowledge about the test was adequate in 147 (52.3%) women, while 86 (30.6%) had adequate attitude towards the test and only 67 (23.8%) had an adequate practice. The main reason given for not having had a Papanicolaou smear was that it was not suggested by the doctor. Among all the respondents 220 (78.7%) would prefer a female doctor to conduct the test. The level of education was the only significant factor independently associated with inadequate knowledge and attitude towards Papanicolaou smear test (p = 0.006 and p = 0.001, respectively) when adjusted for the effect of other factors in multivariate logistic regression analysis. However, age (p < 0.001), level of education (p = 0.028), and number of years since last visit with a gynaecologist (p = 0.005) were significant factors independently associated with inadequate practice of the test. Conclusion: Our findings showed that a well-designed health education programme on cervical cancer and benefits of screening would increase the awareness among Kuwaiti women. Copyright (C) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel