Žiūkienė Gerda Bukauskaitė, Liepinaitienė Alina
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Eur J Midwifery. 2024 Sep 30;8. doi: 10.18332/ejm/192520. eCollection 2024.
Although the Lithuanian government increases funding for the cervical cancer prevention program every year, the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer are among the highest in Europe. In order to improve the prevention policy regarding cervical cancer, it is necessary to investigate the implementation of the cervical cancer prevention policy in one of the regions in Lithuania.
A quantitative survey method using a questionnaire, was applied in one of the regions of Lithuania. The study was conducted in the period 1-18 April 2022. During the study, 213 residents of the investigating region were interviewed.
Respondents evaluated the cervical cancer prevention program in the investigated region positively, but not all women received invitations to participate in this program. The research revealed that the residents of the city of investigation have received this invitation more often than the women living in other districts.
Women's opinion about the effectiveness of the cervical cancer prevention program is positive. Still, there is an emphasis on the wish that this program could be used from an the age of 25 years and continue to 59 years. The prevention program could be carried out more often than is currently established.
尽管立陶宛政府每年都增加对宫颈癌预防项目的资金投入,但该国的宫颈癌发病率和死亡率在欧洲位居前列。为了改进宫颈癌预防政策,有必要对立陶宛一个地区的宫颈癌预防政策实施情况进行调查。
在立陶宛的一个地区采用问卷调查的定量调查方法。该研究于2022年4月1日至18日进行。研究期间,对调查地区的213名居民进行了访谈。
受访者对调查地区的宫颈癌预防项目评价积极,但并非所有女性都收到了参与该项目的邀请。研究显示,被调查城市的居民比其他地区的女性更常收到此类邀请。
女性对宫颈癌预防项目有效性的看法是积极的。不过,仍有人强调希望该项目能从25岁开始实施并持续到59岁。预防项目的开展频率可以高于目前设定的水平。