Knowledge, attitude, and practice on screening toward cervical cancer among health professionals in India-A review.
India
attitude
cervical cancer
health professionals
knowledge
practice
screening
Journal
Women's health (London, England)
ISSN: 1745-5065
Titre abrégé: Womens Health (Lond)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101271249
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
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8
2021
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17
8
2021
medline:
29
10
2021
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ppublish
Résumé
Globally, 570,000 cases of cervical cancer and 311,000 deaths from the disease occurred in 2018. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. About 96,922 new cervical cancer cases are diagnosed annually in India. To summarize the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward screening of cervical cancer among health professionals in India. Health sciences electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for studies published between 2012 and March 2020. Keywords used for the search were ("CERVICAL CANCER"), ("SCREENING"), ("KNOWLEDGE"), ("ATTITUDE"), ("PRACTICE"), ("HEALTH PROFESSIONALS"), AND ("INDIA"). A total of 22 articles were included in the review based on the eligibility criteria. Statistical software SPSS-V.23 was used for the statistical application. A total of 22 studies met the inclusion criteria with total of 6811 health professionals. The age of the study participants ranged from 18 to 60 years. The overall knowledge of cervical cancer among health professionals was 75.15%. The knowledge toward signs and symptoms and risk factors was adequate among health professionals. The knowledge, attitude, and practice toward screening was 86.20%, 85.47%, and 12.70%, respectively. The health professionals have optimum level of knowledge of cervical cancer and knowledge of screening of cervical cancer with appropriate attitude toward screening with low uptake of practice toward screening.
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BACKGROUND
Globally, 570,000 cases of cervical cancer and 311,000 deaths from the disease occurred in 2018. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. About 96,922 new cervical cancer cases are diagnosed annually in India.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward screening of cervical cancer among health professionals in India.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Health sciences electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for studies published between 2012 and March 2020. Keywords used for the search were ("CERVICAL CANCER"), ("SCREENING"), ("KNOWLEDGE"), ("ATTITUDE"), ("PRACTICE"), ("HEALTH PROFESSIONALS"), AND ("INDIA"). A total of 22 articles were included in the review based on the eligibility criteria. Statistical software SPSS-V.23 was used for the statistical application.
RESULTS
A total of 22 studies met the inclusion criteria with total of 6811 health professionals. The age of the study participants ranged from 18 to 60 years. The overall knowledge of cervical cancer among health professionals was 75.15%. The knowledge toward signs and symptoms and risk factors was adequate among health professionals. The knowledge, attitude, and practice toward screening was 86.20%, 85.47%, and 12.70%, respectively.
CONCLUSION
The health professionals have optimum level of knowledge of cervical cancer and knowledge of screening of cervical cancer with appropriate attitude toward screening with low uptake of practice toward screening.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34396854
doi: 10.1177/17455065211017066
pmc: PMC8371743
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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