Al Khudairi Hassan, Abu-Zaid Ahmed, Alomar Osama, Salem Hany
Obstetrics & Gynecology, King Saud Medical City (Saudi Arabia).
College of Medicine, Alfaisal University.
Cureus. 2017 Jan 17;9(1):e984. doi: 10.7759/cureus.984.
To explore the public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi women towards Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer.
A descriptive cross-sectional study took place in four major secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitals located in the capital city Riyadh between January 2016 and June 2016. A self-administered, coded, close-ended survey was randomly distributed to 1000 non-single women attending the obstetrics/gynecology outpatient clinics or inpatient wards.
Five hundred and seven women participated in the survey (overall response rate: 50.7%). The vast majority of respondents aged between 20-40 years (88%) and were married (94.1%), Saudi citizens (96.5%), university educated (45.6%) and housewives (64.5%). A total of 234 women (46.2%) did not hear whatsoever about Pap smear previously. Only 273 women (53.9%) heard about it, mostly during their hospital visits for obstetric/gynecologic purposes (57.1%). A sum of 381 women (75.2%) did not do a single Pap smear previously. A sum of 383 women (75.5%) reported that their physicians never advised them to do Pap smear. Regarding knowledge of Pap smear, 415 women (82%) did not know when to start doing Pap smear, 471 women (92.9%) did not know how frequently they should do Pap smear and 476 women (93.9%) did not know when to stop doing Pap smear. Moreover, 456 women (89.9%) did not know the difference between Pap smear and high vaginal swap. A total of 429 women (84.6%) never requested their physician to do Pap smear. Almost all women (95.3%) expressed an interest in knowing more information about the Pap smear screening test.
The awareness and knowledge of Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer among Saudi population living in Riyadh is unsatisfactory. There is an urgent necessity to educate and foster awareness concerning cervical cancer and its screening through Pap smear.
探讨沙特女性对作为宫颈癌筛查检测方法的巴氏涂片检查的公众认知、知识水平和态度。
2016年1月至2016年6月，在位于首都利雅得的四家主要二级和三级医疗保健医院开展了一项描述性横断面研究。向1000名前往妇产科门诊或住院病房的非单身女性随机发放一份自行填写、编码的封闭式调查问卷。
507名女性参与了调查（总体回复率：50.7%）。绝大多数受访者年龄在20至40岁之间（88%），已婚（94.1%），是沙特公民（96.5%），受过大学教育（45.6%），且为家庭主妇（64.5%）。共有234名女性（46.2%）此前从未听说过巴氏涂片检查。只有273名女性（53.9%）听说过，大多是在因产科/妇科原因前往医院就诊期间（57.1%）。共有381名女性（75.2%）此前从未做过一次巴氏涂片检查。共有383名女性（75.5%）报告称她们的医生从未建议她们做巴氏涂片检查。关于巴氏涂片检查的知识，415名女性（82%）不知道何时开始做巴氏涂片检查，471名女性（92.9%）不知道应该多久做一次巴氏涂片检查，476名女性（93.9%）不知道何时停止做巴氏涂片检查。此外，456名女性（89.9%）不知道巴氏涂片检查和高阴道拭子检查之间的区别。共有429名女性（84.6%）从未要求她们的医生做巴氏涂片检查。几乎所有女性（95.3%）都表示有兴趣了解更多关于巴氏涂片筛查检测的信息。
居住在利雅得的沙特人群对作为宫颈癌筛查检测方法的巴氏涂片检查的认知和知识水平不尽人意。迫切需要通过巴氏涂片检查对宫颈癌及其筛查进行教育并提高认识。
