Knowledge, attitude, practice of cervical cancer screening and some factors related to practice in women aged 21 - 65 years old in Dan Quyen commune, Trieu Son district, Thanh Hoa province in 2023

Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitude, practice of cervical cancer screening and some factors related to practice among women aged 21 - 65 years old in Dan Quyen commune, Trieu Son district, Thanh Hoa province in 2023.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, interviewed 315 females aged 21-65 in Dan Quyen commune, Trieu Son district, Thanh Hoa province in 2023.

Results: The proportion of women with good knowledge was 44%, positive attitude was 61.3% and practicing cervical cancer screening was 42.9%. Women who were 31 years old or older, had a high school education or higher, has a job other than being a farmer, lived in good/rich economic conditions and had two children or less were 11.2, 6.3, 4.1, 4.7 and 2 times more likely to be screened for cervical cancer than the other groups, respectively (p<0.05). Women who had good knowledge, a positive attitude, had regular gynecological examinations and have had access to information about cervical cancer were 8.3, 1.9, 12.9 and 35.4 times more likely to go for screening, respectively compared to the other group (p<0.05).

Conclusions: Women's knowledge, positive attitude and practice of cervical cancer screening were not high. Therefore, it is necessary to improve women's knowledge and attitudes, thereby increasing the rate of screening practice through appropriate communication and education measures. The communication content should focus on risk factors, signs and symptoms, cervical cancer prevention methods, age and time for regular cervical cancer screening.

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