Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Eur J Cancer. 2012 Nov;48(16):3001-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jun 7.
To identify levels of cervical cancer risk factor and symptom awareness, as well as predictors of higher awareness in a United Kingdom (UK) female population.
Population based survey.
Participants' homes in the UK.
UK representative sample of females aged 16 years and over (n=1392).
Respondents completed the Cervical Cancer Awareness Measure which included questions on awareness of cervical cancer symptoms and risk factors (both recalled and recognised). Linear regression analyses were used to identify predictors of higher symptom and risk factor recognition scores.
Awareness of cervical cancer symptoms and risk factors.
Sixty-five percent of respondents were unable to recall any risk factors and 75% were unable to recall any symptoms. Awareness was higher when women were prompted (95% recognised at least one risk factor and 93% at least one symptom). Independent predictors of risk factor recognition were older age and higher education. Symptom recognition was associated with older age, White ethnicity, higher education and having a close experience of cervical cancer.
To reduce inequalities in awareness, interventions should target younger women with lower education and those from ethnic minority groups.
确定英国女性群体中宫颈癌风险因素和症状意识的水平，以及提高意识的预测因素。
基于人群的调查。
英国参与者的家中。
年龄在 16 岁及以上的英国女性代表性样本（n=1392）。
受访者完成了宫颈癌意识量表，其中包括对宫颈癌症状和风险因素的意识问题（包括回忆和识别）。线性回归分析用于确定更高的症状和风险因素识别分数的预测因素。
宫颈癌症状和风险因素的意识。
65%的受访者无法回忆起任何风险因素，75%的受访者无法回忆起任何症状。当女性得到提示时，意识更高（95%的人至少认识到一个风险因素，93%的人至少认识到一个症状）。风险因素识别的独立预测因素是年龄较大和受教育程度较高。症状识别与年龄较大、白人种族、较高的教育程度和对宫颈癌的密切经历有关。
为了减少意识方面的不平等，干预措施应该针对受教育程度较低的年轻女性和少数族裔群体。
