Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil
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Resumo: | 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. The objective of this study was to assess women's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test and to investigate whether there are any associations between these three factors and the women's sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Floriano, Piauí. METHODS : The study was conducted among 493 women between November 2009 and December 2010. A questionnaire with precoded questions was sed, and the responses were analyzed in terms of appropriateness in relation to the Pap test. RESULTS : The degrees of adequacy of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test were 36.7%, 67.2% and 69.6%, respectively. Among the main barriers against testing, absence of symptoms and a sense of embarrassment were the most notable. CONCLUSIONS: Women who visit doctors periodically had the most appropriate practices regarding the Pap test, but their knowledge of the procedure was poor. This suggests that these women were not receiving adequate information about the benefits of periodic testing. |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern BrazilPapillomavirus infectionsUterine cervical neoplasmsVaginal smearsWomen's healthSocioeconomic factors 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. The objective of this study was to assess women's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test and to investigate whether there are any associations between these three factors and the women's sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Floriano, Piauí. METHODS : The study was conducted among 493 women between November 2009 and December 2010. A questionnaire with precoded questions was sed, and the responses were analyzed in terms of appropriateness in relation to the Pap test. RESULTS : The degrees of adequacy of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test were 36.7%, 67.2% and 69.6%, respectively. Among the main barriers against testing, absence of symptoms and a sense of embarrassment were the most notable. CONCLUSIONS: Women who visit doctors periodically had the most appropriate practices regarding the Pap test, but their knowledge of the procedure was poor. This suggests that these women were not receiving adequate information about the benefits of periodic testing. Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM2014-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802014000100003Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.132 n.1 2014reponame:São Paulo medical journal (Online)instname:Associação Paulista de Medicinainstacron:APM10.1590/1516-3180.2014.1321551info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlbuquerque,Carla Lorenna Ferreira deCosta,Marla da PaschoaNunes,Felipe MoreiraFreitas,Roberto Wagner Junior Freire deAzevedo,Paulo Roberto Medeiros deFernandes,Jose VerissimoRego,Juciane VazBarreto,Humberto Medeiroseng2014-01-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-31802014000100003Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/spmjhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevistas@apm.org.br1806-94601516-3180opendoar:2014-01-24T00:00São Paulo medical journal (Online) - Associação Paulista de Medicinafalse |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil Albuquerque,Carla Lorenna Ferreira de Papillomavirus infections Uterine cervical neoplasms Vaginal smears Women's health Socioeconomic factors |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test among women in northeastern Brazil |
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Albuquerque,Carla Lorenna Ferreira de |
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Albuquerque,Carla Lorenna Ferreira de Costa,Marla da Paschoa Nunes,Felipe Moreira Freitas,Roberto Wagner Junior Freire de Azevedo,Paulo Roberto Medeiros de Fernandes,Jose Verissimo Rego,Juciane Vaz Barreto,Humberto Medeiros |
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Costa,Marla da Paschoa Nunes,Felipe Moreira Freitas,Roberto Wagner Junior Freire de Azevedo,Paulo Roberto Medeiros de Fernandes,Jose Verissimo Rego,Juciane Vaz Barreto,Humberto Medeiros |
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Albuquerque,Carla Lorenna Ferreira de Costa,Marla da Paschoa Nunes,Felipe Moreira Freitas,Roberto Wagner Junior Freire de Azevedo,Paulo Roberto Medeiros de Fernandes,Jose Verissimo Rego,Juciane Vaz Barreto,Humberto Medeiros |
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Papillomavirus infections Uterine cervical neoplasms Vaginal smears Women's health Socioeconomic factors |
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Papillomavirus infections Uterine cervical neoplasms Vaginal smears Women's health Socioeconomic factors |
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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. The objective of this study was to assess women's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test and to investigate whether there are any associations between these three factors and the women's sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Floriano, Piauí. METHODS : The study was conducted among 493 women between November 2009 and December 2010. A questionnaire with precoded questions was sed, and the responses were analyzed in terms of appropriateness in relation to the Pap test. RESULTS : The degrees of adequacy of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the Pap test were 36.7%, 67.2% and 69.6%, respectively. Among the main barriers against testing, absence of symptoms and a sense of embarrassment were the most notable. CONCLUSIONS: Women who visit doctors periodically had the most appropriate practices regarding the Pap test, but their knowledge of the procedure was poor. This suggests that these women were not receiving adequate information about the benefits of periodic testing. |
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