Nurses – Midwives' Knowledge concerning Pap Smear in Baghdad city Hospitals
| Autor: | Abbas Prof, Iqbal Majeed, Ahrar M. Rashied |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Engineering. 4:33-39 |
| ISSN: | 2250-3021 2278-8719 |
| DOI: | 10.9790/3021-04843339 |
| Popis: | Background: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality amongst the gynecological cancers worldwide, Cervical cancer is potentially preventable, and through effective screening programs can lead to reduction in the morbidity and mortality associated with this cancer. Objective: The study aimed to assess nurses-midwives' knowledge concerning the pap smear and determine the association between nurse-midwives' knowledge and their demographic, reproductive variables in Baghdad city Hospitals. Methodology: A descriptive analytical study was carried out from September/ 1/2013 to December /30/ 2013 through a "non-probability" purposive sample of (170) nurse-midwives which was selected from (9) hospitals in Baghdad city, The data were collected by the investigator who interviewed the nurse - midwives and filled out the constructed a questionnaire formats which designed for the purpose of the study and comprised of two main parts: part one including: demographic, reproductive, nursing, midwifery experience and pap smear training course variables, part two including: knowledge concerning pap smear. The validity of the questionnaire was determined through a panel of experts in the specialist fields while the reliability of the questionnaire was determined by calculating the Reliability coefficient . Thereafter, the data were analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistics approach. Results: The study findings indicated that most of the nurse-midwives' knowledge concerning pap smear test unacceptable, there were low mean of score in all items of nurse- midwives knowledge, there were no statistical significant association between nurses -midwives' knowledge concerning pap smear and their demographic, reproductive variables, their experience, pap smear course and duration of training course. Conclusion: There were unacceptable results of nurse - midwives' knowledge concerning Pap smear and majority of nurse - midwives hadn't adequate knowledge which can affect the type of care concerning Pap smear. |
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