Health Literacy, Knowledge on Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear and Its Influence on Pre-Marital Malay Muslim Women Attitude towards Pap Smear
| Autor: | Su Tin Tin, Nurul Nadia Baharum, Mohamad Rodi Isa, Farnaza Ariffin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Health literacy Islam knowledge of Pap smear Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans attitude towards Pap smear Marriage Early Detection of Cancer Malay Vaginal Smears Cervical cancer Pap smear screening Hysterectomy Obstetrics business.industry Malaysia Mean age General Medicine knowledge of cervical cancer Prognosis medicine.disease language.human_language Cross-Sectional Studies 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis language Female Multiple linear regression analysis business Research Article Papanicolaou Test |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP |
| ISSN: | 2476-762X |
| DOI: | 10.31557/apjcp.2020.21.7.2021 |
| Popis: | Background: Cervical cancer is preventable. In Malaysia, women are found to have good awareness of the disease and yet, the Pap smear uptake is still poor. Measuring health literacy level could explain this discrepancy. This study aims to determine the relationship between health literacy, level of knowledge of cervical cancer and Pap smear with attitude towards Pap smear among women attending pre-marital course. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed in three randomly selected centres that organised pre-marital courses. All Malay Muslim women participants aged 18 to 40 years old were recruited while non-Malaysian, illiterate, and had hysterectomy were excluded. Validated self-administered questionnaires used were European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16 Malay) and Knowledge and attitude towards Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Questionnaire. The mean percentage score (mean± SD) was calculated, with higher scores showed better outcomes. Multiple linear regression was used to measure the relationship of independent variables with attitude towards Pap smear. Results: A total of 417 participants were recruited with a mean age of 24.9 ± 3.56 years old. Prevalence of awareness of cervical cancer was 91.6% (n=382, 95% CI: 89.0%, 94.2%) and mean percentage score was 74.7%±7.6. Prevalence of awareness of Pap smear was 59.0% (n=246, 95% CI: 54.2%, 63.8%) and mean percentage score was 80.2% ± 6.5. The health literacy mean score was 13.3±3.6, with minimum score 0 and maximum score 16. The mean percentage score of attitudes towards Pap smear was 64.8%±9.3. Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated significant relationship between health literacy (p=0.047) and knowledge of Pap smear (p |
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