Ajayi I O, Adewole I F
Department of General Outpatient (GOP), University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Cent Afr J Med. 1998 Feb;44(2):41-3.
This study sets out to determine: a. How much women in low socio-economic settings know about cancer and cervical cancer. b. Their source of information. c. Their general attitude to cervical cancer.
A cross sectional study.
General outpatient (GOP) department of a tertiary hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria.
254 randomly selected women aged 20 to 65 years attending or visiting the GOP department in a University Teaching Hospital were studied.
Knowledge about cancer and cervical cancer as well as source of information.
The response rate was 100%. Of the respondents, 90% had heard of cancer at one time or the other while only 15% had heard of cervical cancer. The media (38%) and peers (36%) were the major sources of information on cancer. Fifty five percent, 53% and 61% had no knowledge while 40% and 23% had poor to moderate overall knowledge of cervical cancer.
Knowledge about cervical cancer is poor in these women, unlike findings in developed countries. There is need to educate our women on the early warning signs of cervical cancer as failure to recognise the early symptoms and signs contribute to the late presentation common in Nigeria.
本研究旨在确定：a. 社会经济地位较低环境中的女性对癌症和宫颈癌的了解程度。b. 她们的信息来源。c. 她们对宫颈癌的总体态度。
横断面研究。
尼日利亚伊巴丹一家三级医院的普通门诊（GOP）科室。
对在一所大学教学医院的普通门诊就诊或前来访问的254名年龄在20至65岁之间的随机选择的女性进行了研究。
对癌症和宫颈癌的了解情况以及信息来源。
应答率为100%。在受访者中，90%曾在某个时候听说过癌症，而只有15%听说过宫颈癌。媒体（38%）和同龄人（36%）是关于癌症的主要信息来源。55%、53%和61%的人对宫颈癌一无所知，而40%和23%的人对宫颈癌的总体了解较差至中等。
与发达国家的研究结果不同，这些女性对宫颈癌的了解较差。有必要对我们的女性进行宫颈癌早期预警信号的教育，因为未能识别早期症状和体征导致了尼日利亚常见的晚期就诊情况。
