School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, Valley View University, P.O. Box DT, 595, Oyibi, Ghana.
Head of the Department of Nursing, Valley View University, Box AF 595, Adentan, Accra, Ghana.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Aug 1;22(1):1467. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13874-7.
The rate at which cervical cancer is diagnosed among women worldwide is alarming, nevertheless, millions of women have never undergone cervical cancer screening, and many more with cervical cancer die prematurely without accessibility to quality healthcare or effective treatment. Women's experiences following cervical cancer screening have not been extensively studied especially in advancing countries like Ghana. Hence, the researchers aim to explore the experiences of women awaiting cervical cancer results at selected hospitals in Accra.
An exploratory-descriptive qualitative design was adopted to purposively sample 48 participants engaged in face-face in-depth interviews, which were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim after. The interviews were guided by semi-structured interviews.
The findings revealed 3 themes and 10 subthemes. The themes were pre-screening experience, intra-screening experience, and post-screening experience. Participants narrated the challenges they face before the screening, during the screening, and as they waited for their results to get ready. Despite some challenges reported, most of the participants indicated that they were willing to come for a retesting if recommended.
In conclusion, participants who have undergone CCS have several experiences that may either motivate or discourage them from subsequent screening. Being aware of such experiences could help the nurses address them in order to increase the interest of the women in CCS.
全球范围内，宫颈癌在女性中的诊断率令人震惊，然而，数以百万计的女性从未接受过宫颈癌筛查，更多的宫颈癌患者因无法获得优质医疗保健或有效治疗而过早死亡。在像加纳这样的先进国家，对女性接受宫颈癌筛查后的体验还没有进行广泛研究。因此，研究人员旨在探索加纳阿克拉选定医院的女性在等待宫颈癌结果时的体验。
采用探索性描述性定性设计，对 48 名参与面对面深入访谈的参与者进行了有目的的抽样，访谈结束后对访谈内容进行了录音并逐字转录。访谈由半结构化访谈指导。
研究结果揭示了 3 个主题和 10 个亚主题。这些主题包括筛查前体验、筛查期间体验和筛查后体验。参与者讲述了他们在筛查前、筛查期间和等待结果时所面临的挑战。尽管报告了一些挑战，但大多数参与者表示，如果建议他们进行复查，他们愿意再次进行检查。
总之，接受过 CCS 的参与者有一些可能会激励或劝阻他们进行后续筛查的体验。了解这些体验可以帮助护士解决这些问题，从而提高女性对 CCS 的兴趣。
