Abdel-Aziz Hassanat Ramadan, Mohamed Nermen Abdelftah, Elsehrawy Mohamed Gamal
College of Nursing, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Gerontological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2024 Aug 31;10:23779608241279152. doi: 10.1177/23779608241279152. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
Cervical Cancer (CC) is the fourth most frequent malignancy worldwide among females with significant death rates. It ranks as the 8 most frequent cancer in Saudi female. CC is preventable, with likelihood of full treatment by early detection, because of its long pre-invasive period. Lack of awareness and practice on CC prevention and screening increase the risk of disease.
to examine knowledge, attitude, and practice on CC prevention among Saudi female university students.
A facility-based cross-sectional study with a convenience sample included 594 female university students studying at health and non-health colleges of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in Al-Kharj City, Saudi Arabia. All female students were asked to complete an online questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, and practice on CC prevention.
A total of 594 respondents to the questionnaire, 88.7% of them had unsatisfactory knowledge about CC. Out of a total of 27 points, students' knowledge mean score was 9.3 ± 6.4. Conversely the majority of students (94.4%) had positive attitude toward CC; the mean attitude score was 34.52 ± 5.04 out of 45. Regarding students practice, less than 7% of students were vaccinated against HPV and only 3.7% were screened for cancer cervix. Married females, health colleges students, and high attitude score were significant predictors for the students' knowledge about cancer cervix (P < 0.05).
Majority of the respondents displayed lack of knowledge; however, they had a positive attitude toward CC. Very alarmingly, almost all of students had inadequate practice regarding CC prevention. So, the study recommends developing and implementing educational programs and strategies for female university students to improve their knowledge and practice related to cervix cancer. Results of this study provide evidence that can help in formulating effective awareness strategies and educational programs for women that would help in CC prevention.
宫颈癌（CC）是全球女性中第四大常见恶性肿瘤，死亡率颇高。在沙特女性中，它位列第八大常见癌症。由于宫颈癌有较长的癌前病变期，因此是可预防的，早期发现有完全治愈的可能。对宫颈癌预防和筛查缺乏认识及实践会增加患病风险。
调查沙特女大学生对宫颈癌预防的知识、态度和实践情况。
在沙特阿拉伯哈吉尔市的萨塔姆·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹王子大学健康与非健康学院开展了一项基于机构的横断面研究，采用便利抽样法，纳入了594名女大学生。所有女学生都被要求完成一份关于宫颈癌预防知识、态度和实践的在线问卷。
问卷共有594名受访者，其中88.7%对宫颈癌的知识掌握情况不理想。在总共27分中，学生的知识平均得分为9.3±6.4分。相反，大多数学生（94.4%）对宫颈癌持积极态度；在45分中，态度平均得分为34.52±5.04分。关于学生的实践情况，不到7%的学生接种了人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗，只有3.7%的学生接受了宫颈癌筛查。已婚女性、健康学院的学生以及态度得分高是学生对宫颈癌知识掌握情况的显著预测因素（P<0.05）。
大多数受访者知识匮乏，但她们对宫颈癌持积极态度。非常令人担忧的是，几乎所有学生在宫颈癌预防方面的实践都不足。因此，该研究建议为女大学生制定并实施教育计划和策略，以提高她们与宫颈癌相关的知识和实践水平。本研究结果提供了证据，有助于为女性制定有效的提高认识策略和教育计划以预防宫颈癌。
