Al Kalbani Raqiya, Al Kindi Rahma, Al Basami Thuraya, Al Awaisi Huda
Nursing Directorate, Family Medicine and Public Health Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Oman Med J. 2022 May 31;37(3):e374. doi: 10.5001/omj.2022.56. eCollection 2022 May.
This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and screening practices related to cervical cancer and Papanicolaou (Pap) smear testing among Omani women who were visitors to a family medicine and public health (FMPH) clinic. A secondary aim was to correlate the above with the subjects' sociodemographic characteristics.
This cross-sectional study was carried out from February 2020 to April 2021 at the FMPH Clinic of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat. A self-administered questionnaire assessed the participants' sociodemographic characteristics, cervical cancer-related risk factors, and their knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening, and Pap smear testing.
The participants were 285 Omani women. The vast majority (256/285; 89.8%) had heard about cervical cancer and 208/285 (73.0%) about Pap smear testing. Only 32/285 (11.2%) and 179/285 (62.8%) demonstrated high levels of knowledge in the respective topics. Cervical cancer knowledge scores were associated with education level (0.039), whether the qualification was related to healthcare ( < 0.001), and the nature of employment (0.033). Pap smear knowledge scores were also associated with age (0.001), education level ( < 0.001), whether the qualification was related to healthcare ( < 0.001), the nature of employment (0.001), and number of children (0.001). Most women were aware of the availability of Pap smear testing in Oman (206/285; 72.3%) and 114/285 (40.0%) had previously undergone this test. Among those who had never undertaken Pap smear testing (171/285; 60.0%), many were willing to do so in the future (103/171; 60.2%).
Our results provide an increased understanding of Omani women's level of perceptions, attitudes, and screening practices related to cervical cancer. These findings will help develop strategies to improve Omani women's knowledge of cervical cancer symptoms and screening facilities and promote optimum utilization of the available screening services.
Cervical Cancer; Papanicolaou Test; Cancer Screening; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Human Papilloma Virus; Oman.
本研究旨在评估到访家庭医学与公共卫生（FMPH）诊所的阿曼女性对宫颈癌和巴氏涂片检查的知识、态度及筛查行为。次要目的是将上述内容与受试者的社会人口学特征进行关联。
本横断面研究于2020年2月至2021年4月在马斯喀特苏丹卡布斯大学医院的FMPH诊所开展。一份自填式问卷评估了参与者的社会人口学特征、宫颈癌相关危险因素以及她们对宫颈癌、宫颈癌筛查和巴氏涂片检查的知识、态度及行为。
参与者为285名阿曼女性。绝大多数（256/285；89.8%）听说过宫颈癌，208/285（73.0%）听说过巴氏涂片检查。分别仅有32/285（11.2%）和179/285（62.8%）在各自主题上表现出高水平的知识。宫颈癌知识得分与教育水平（0.039）、学历是否与医疗保健相关（<0.001）以及就业性质（0.033）有关。巴氏涂片知识得分还与年龄（0.001）、教育水平（<0.001）、学历是否与医疗保健相关（<0.001）、就业性质（0.001）以及子女数量（0.001）有关。大多数女性知晓阿曼可进行巴氏涂片检查（206/285；72.3%），114/285（40.0%）此前接受过该项检查。在从未进行过巴氏涂片检查的人群中（171/285；60.0%），许多人愿意在未来进行该项检查（103/171；60.2%）。
我们的结果增进了对阿曼女性宫颈癌相关认知水平、态度及筛查行为的了解。这些发现将有助于制定策略，以提高阿曼女性对宫颈癌症状和筛查设施的认识，并促进对现有筛查服务的最佳利用。
宫颈癌；巴氏试验；癌症筛查；健康知识、态度、行为；人乳头瘤病毒；阿曼
