USF Barão do Corvo, ULS Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Front Public Health. 2024 Mar 15;12:1357606. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1357606. eCollection 2024.
Health literacy is crucial to adherence to medical interventions in therapeutics, prevention, and diagnosis. The basis for literacy is knowledge. To accomplish the goals for the elimination of cervical cancer, one of the most prevalent and preventable cancers, we must understand the determinants of non-adherence and address them specifically to ensure patients' active participation.
To determine women's knowledge regarding the manifestations of cervical cancer and its prevention.
We conducted a cross-sectional study in an urban population from northern Portugal. Women aged 18 to 30 years were randomly assigned to answer the Cervical Cancer Awareness Measure questionnaire, including questions of knowledge about the causes and symptoms of cervical cancer, prospecting for individual and social-related determinants.
The total number of participants was 270, with a mean age of 24.7 years. Knowledge about symptoms scored 5.4 ± 2.6, with a maximum of 12 points, and knowledge about the causes scored 5.7 ± 1.9, with a maximum of 11 points. The correlation between both was 0.334. High education, high socio-economic status, self-perception of one's capacity to recognize symptoms, and knowledge about the HPV vaccine were associated with better knowledge.
Portuguese women present low knowledge about cervical cancer, potentially affecting their health through exposure to risk situations and non-adherence to routine screening.
健康素养对于治疗、预防和诊断医学干预的依从性至关重要。素养的基础是知识。为了实现消除宫颈癌的目标，宫颈癌是最常见和可预防的癌症之一，我们必须了解不依从的决定因素，并专门解决这些因素，以确保患者的积极参与。
确定女性对宫颈癌表现及其预防的认知程度。
我们在葡萄牙北部的城市人群中进行了一项横断面研究。18 至 30 岁的女性被随机分配回答宫颈癌意识测量问卷，包括关于宫颈癌病因和症状的知识问题，以及个体和社会相关决定因素的预测。
共有 270 名参与者，平均年龄为 24.7 岁。症状知识得分为 5.4±2.6，最高 12 分，病因知识得分为 5.7±1.9，最高 11 分。两者之间的相关性为 0.334。高教育、高社会经济地位、自我感知识别症状的能力以及 HPV 疫苗知识与更好的知识相关。
葡萄牙女性对宫颈癌的认知程度较低，这可能会使她们因接触危险情况和不遵守常规筛查而影响健康。
