Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Mackay, QLD, Australia.
Canelands Medical Centre, Mackay, QLD, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2021 Jul;32(3):372-377. doi: 10.1002/hpja.365. Epub 2020 Jun 18.
The new National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) has recently been implemented. Little research is available on women's attitudes towards the program. This study aims to quantitatively assess Australian women's understanding and attitudes towards the new guidelines and their barriers to screening.
Authors designed a cross-sectional survey which was piloted and distributed as a waiting room survey to eligible women who attended a private general practice in North Queensland.
Of the respondents, 53.8% had accurate knowledge of the new NCSP. Most participants (75.8%) believed they were not provided sufficient information about the NCSP and 60.2% wished to receive this information from their general practitioner. The screening test itself remains an issue, with embarrassment and discomfort listed as the most common barriers to screening.
Many women do not have accurate knowledge of the new NCSP. Further health promotion in this area is warranted, where the general practitioner may play a key role. SO WHAT?: While the new NCSP will lead to further reduction in cervical cancer mortality, it appears from the data that women did not fully understand cervical cancer and its screening. This suggests the need for further health education to women about updated screening guidelines.
新的国家宫颈癌筛查计划（NCSP）最近已经实施。关于女性对该计划的态度，相关研究较少。本研究旨在定量评估澳大利亚女性对新指南的理解和态度，以及筛查的障碍。
作者设计了一项横断面调查，在北昆士兰州的一家私人全科诊所进行了试点和作为候诊室调查分发给合格的女性。
在受访者中，53.8%的人对新的 NCSP 有准确的认识。大多数参与者（75.8%）认为他们没有收到关于 NCSP 的足够信息，60.2%希望从他们的全科医生那里获得这些信息。筛查测试本身仍然是一个问题，尴尬和不适被列为最常见的筛查障碍。
许多女性对新的 NCSP 没有准确的认识。在这方面需要进一步的健康促进，全科医生可能会发挥关键作用。
虽然新的 NCSP 将进一步降低宫颈癌死亡率，但从数据来看，女性并没有完全了解宫颈癌及其筛查。这表明需要对女性进行有关更新的筛查指南的进一步健康教育。
