Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
BMC Cancer. 2013 Jan 2;13:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-2.
Cervical cancer is the first most common cancer in women in sub-Saharan Africa followed by breast cancer. In Ethiopia, the incidence of cervical cancer is high i.e. 35.9 per 100,000 women. Low level of awareness, lack of effective screening programs, overshadowed by other health priorities (such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, tuberculosis and malaria) and insufficient attention to women's health are the possible factors for the observed higher incidence rate of cervical cancers in the country. Data on knowledge of Ethiopian women regarding cervical cancer is lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of women about cervical cancer and associated factors.
A community based cross-sectional survey was conducted from April 4-16, 2010 in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. A total of 633 women aged 15 years and above were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaire by 8 trained data collectors and 2 supervisors. SPSS Windows version 15.0 was employed for data entry and analysis.
Of all the respondents, 495 (78.7%) of them had heard about cervical cancer and only 195 (31%) of them were knowledgeable about the disease.
The knowledge of women on cervical cancer was found to be poor. Education about the disease must include information on risk factors, sign and symptoms of cervical cancer.
在撒哈拉以南非洲，宫颈癌是女性中最常见的第一大癌症，其次是乳腺癌。在埃塞俄比亚，宫颈癌的发病率很高，即每 10 万名妇女中有 35.9 人。认识水平低、缺乏有效的筛查计划、被其他卫生优先事项（如获得性免疫缺陷综合征、结核病和疟疾）所掩盖以及对妇女健康关注不足，这些可能是导致该国宫颈癌发病率较高的因素。关于埃塞俄比亚妇女对宫颈癌的认识数据缺乏。本研究旨在评估妇女对宫颈癌的认识及其相关因素。
2010 年 4 月 4 日至 16 日，在埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔镇进行了一项基于社区的横断面调查。共有 633 名年龄在 15 岁及以上的妇女接受了由 8 名经过培训的数据收集员和 2 名主管进行的半结构式问卷调查。采用 SPSS Windows 版本 15.0 进行数据录入和分析。
在所有受访者中，有 495 人（78.7%）听说过宫颈癌，只有 195 人（31%）对该病有了解。
发现妇女对宫颈癌的认识很差。关于该病的教育必须包括有关危险因素、宫颈癌的体征和症状的信息。
