Factors associated with cervical cancer screening service utilization of at-risk women aged 30-60 years, Pongpha Subdistrict, Maesai District, Chiangrai Province
Keywords:
Risk factors, Cervical cancer, Women at riskAbstract
Cervical cancer is the most common life-threatening cancer among women worldwide, including in Thailand. In addition, cervical cancer can be prevented by having regular screenings with Pap smears and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) tests. A cross-sectional study aimed to investigate cervical cancer screening service utilization and factors associated with cervical cancer screening services utilization for at-risk women aged 30-60 years living in the Pongpha Subdistrict, Maesai District, Chiangrai Province. The sample was a woman at-risk aged 30-60 years living in Pongpha Subdistrict, Maesai District, Chiangrai Province that were selected by systematic random sampling, obtaining 321 samples. The questionnaire was employed to collect data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean, percentage, and standard deviation, and inferential
statistics, including the Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test
The results showed that most of the at-risk women had a moderate knowledge of cervical cancer (40.8%), got a high attitude toward cervical cancer screening (75.7%), and had never been screened for cervical cancer (61.7%). The results revealed that factors associated with cervical cancer screening services were age (p-value = 0.001), contraceptive history (p-value = 0.012), duration of contraception (p-value = 0.004), and knowledge about cervical cancer (p-value = 0.003). This study suggested that healthcare providers should design the program to improve knowledge about cervical cancer among at-risk women while considering age,
contraceptive history, and duration of contraception.
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