Effectiveness of STP on Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Married Women in Selected Rural Areas of Kasaragod Dist, Kerala.

Autor:	N I, Josephine Jacquline Mary, Xavier, Alby, M2, Athira, Joseph, Chinju, H A, Jasiya, C2, Neethu, Isac, Smitha Susan, Kiran, N Udaya
Předmět:	CERVIX uteri tumors TUMOR prevention MARRIED women AGE distribution CHI-squared test INTELLECT MARITAL status RESEARCH methodology OCCUPATIONS RESEARCH evaluation RURAL conditions STATISTICAL sampling T-test (Statistics) EDUCATIONAL attainment PRE-tests & post-tests EDUCATIONAL outcomes DESCRIPTIVE statistics EARLY detection of cancer
Zdroj:	International Journal of Nursing Education; Jul-Sep2016, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p87-92, 6p
Abstrakt:	ABSTRACT Background: Cervical cancer is a huge health problem in developing countries, and the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the world and the second largest cause of cancer mortality in India. Currently India accounts for %th of the global cervical cancer burden. Cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted disease. Persistent infection with oncogenic human papilloma virus, most frequently contracted through vaginal intercourse is necessary for the development of cervical cancer and high grade precursor lesions are like many other cancer. HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer with the presence of HPV strains 16 and 18 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers of screening among married women on prevention of cervical cancer in selected areas of kasaragod district. Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers of married women on prevention of cervical cancer, to find the association between knowledge and selected demographic variables also to find the significance between the pre and post test scores. Method: Quantitative approach was used and Quasi experimental one group pre test and post test design was selected for the study. Convenient sampling technique was adopted for the study for sample selection. The sample size was 50 which includes married women and self administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used for the data collection on prevention of cervical cancer. Results: The results of the study shows that 60% of the samples have poor knowledge, majority (50%) had very good attitude regarding cervical cancer screening, 42% of samples were identified with the perceived barriers of screening as they did not have any symptoms. The study found that there is a significant association between post test knowledge scores with age, education, occupation, marital status and source of information. Also the study shows that there is a significant difference in the mean pre and post test knowledge scores. Conclusion: The study results indicates that the Nursing professional have an important role in improving the well being and quality of life of women by initiation of awareness programmes to improve the knowledge and screening practices and thereby prevent cervical cancer by early detection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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