Factors associated with non-performance of Papanicolaou test in Belo Horizonte

• Autor(a) principal: Lage, Adriene Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Pessoa, Milene Cristine, Meléndez, Jorge Gustavo Velásquez
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50220
• topic: Neoplasias do Colo do Útero; Esfregaço Vaginal; Monitoramento; Neoplasias Del Cuello Uterino; Frotis Vaginal; Vigilancia; Neoplasms of the Cervix; Vaginal Smears; Surveillance

This study aimed to estimate factors associated with the non-performance of the Papanicolaou test in women of 18 to 65 years of age in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2008. This work was a cross-sectional population based study, collecting data through questions asked in telephone interviews to monitor the frequency and distribution of risk and protective factors for non-communicable chronic diseases, entitled VIGITEL 2008. The collected data analyzed 1,214 women. Poisson Regression was used to verify the association between the non-performance of the Papanicolaou test and the independent variables. The frequency with which the Papanicolaou test was performed among the women of this study was of 76.43% (95% CI: 69.56 - 83.30). Being a teenager, low level of education; not living with a partner; not having performed a mammogram; referring to one's health condition as bad; and not having a medical diagnosis of hypertension showed independent associations with the non-performance of the Papanicolaou test. The prevalence of the examination in Belo Horizonte was satisfactory; however, it proved insufficient to impact the epidemiological profile of uterine cancer. Actions are necessary to strengthen health promotion regarding a greater adherence of women to Papanicolaou screening.