Wolaita Zone Health Office, Wolaita, Ethiopia.
Department of Health Behavior and Society, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Aug 29;42:318. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.318.34675. eCollection 2022.
cervical cancer is a global public health problem affecting women worldwide. There is very low participation rate in screening practice for cervical cancer in low-resource countries like Ethiopia. So the aims of this study is to assess cervical cancer screening practice and associated factors among women employees in Wolaita Zone hospitals, Southern Ethiopia.
facility based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March 1-April 30, 2017. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 401 study participants. Pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was used. Logistic regression was performed to assess association between dependent and independent variables with 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value less than 0.05 was set to declare association.
about 120 (30.5%) participants were screened for cervical cancer. Age, source of information from health professions, being adherence supporter, sex with more than one partner, sexual transmitted infection, increase in attitude and knowledge score were significant predictors of cervical cancer screening practice.
magnitude of cervical cancer screening practice among age eligible women is still low. Age, being adherence supporter, source of information from health care professionals, history of multiple sexual p artners, sexually transmitted infection, knowledge and attitude were important predictors of cervical cancer screening practice. Hospitals in collaboration with town administration should put priority on cervical cancer prevention by establishing cervical cancer screening campaign.
宫颈癌是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，影响着全世界的女性。在埃塞俄比亚等资源匮乏的国家，宫颈癌筛查的参与率非常低。因此，本研究旨在评估沃莱塔地区医院女性员工的宫颈癌筛查实践情况及其相关因素。
本研究采用了基于机构的横断面研究设计，于 2017 年 3 月 1 日至 4 月 30 日进行。采用简单随机抽样技术选择了 401 名研究参与者。使用预先测试的自填式问卷进行调查。采用逻辑回归分析评估了因变量和自变量之间的关联，置信区间为 95%（CI），p 值小于 0.05 表示关联具有统计学意义。
约 120 名（30.5%）参与者接受了宫颈癌筛查。年龄、从卫生专业人员获得信息的来源、作为遵医行为的支持者、有多个性伴侣、性传播感染、态度和知识评分的提高是宫颈癌筛查实践的显著预测因素。
在符合年龄条件的女性中，宫颈癌筛查的实施率仍然较低。年龄、作为遵医行为的支持者、从卫生保健专业人员获得信息的来源、有多个性伴侣的历史、性传播感染、知识和态度是宫颈癌筛查实践的重要预测因素。医院应与城镇管理部门合作，通过开展宫颈癌筛查活动，优先重视宫颈癌的预防。
