Background: Assessment of the nursing staff knowledge, attitude and practices about cervical cancer screeningin a tertiary care teaching institute of rural India. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional, descriptive, interviewbasedsurvey was conducted with a pretested questionnaire among 262 staff nurses of a tertiary care teachingand research institute. Results: In this study 77% respondents knew that Pap smear is used for detection ofcervical cancer, but less than half knew that Pap smear can detect even precancerous lesions of cervix. Only23.4% knew human papilloma virus infection as a risk factor. Only 26.7% of the respondents were judged ashaving adequate knowledge based on scores allotted for questions evaluating knowledge about cervical cancerand screening. Only 17 (7%) of the staff nurses had themselves been screened by Pap smear, while 85% had nevertaken a Pap smear of a patient. Adequate knowledge of cervical cancer and screening, higher parity and age>30 years were significantly associated with self screening for cervical cancer. Most nurses held a view that Paptest is a doctor procedure, and nearly 90% of nurses had never referred a patient for Pap testing. Conclusions:The majority of nursing staff in rural India may have inadequate knowledge about cervical cancer screening,and their attitude and practices towards cervical cancer screening could not be termed positive.
(2013). Cervical Cancer Screening: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Level Teaching Institution of Rural India. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(6), 3641-3645.
MLA
. "Cervical Cancer Screening: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Level Teaching Institution of Rural India". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14, 6, 2013, 3641-3645.
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(2013). 'Cervical Cancer Screening: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Level Teaching Institution of Rural India', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(6), pp. 3641-3645.
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Cervical Cancer Screening: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Level Teaching Institution of Rural India. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013; 14(6): 3641-3645.