Knowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus vaccine at a tertiary care facility in North India

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dc.contributor.authorMisra, Devyanien_US
dc.contributor.authorMahajan, Charuen_US
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Bhumikaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T08:05:53Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T08:05:53Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cervical cancer continues to be a major health care problem and most common cause of cancer deaths. Many screening methods are available to detect the disease in precancerous stage. Cervical cancer is the only cancer that is preventable with HPV vaccine against the causative agent responsible for this condition. Knowledge and attitude of women determine the likelihood of women undergoing screening procedures and HPV vaccination which will have implications for the future generations. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of women towards cervical screening and HPV vaccine.Methods: This is a facility based observational cross-sectional study conducted at Dr. RMLIMS, Lucknow, over a period of 3 months - January 2019 to March 2019. Women attending gynecology OPD were enrolled after verbally consenting for the study and were required to fill a pre-structured questionnaire which was then analyzed and assessed.Results: A total of 368 participants answered the questionnaire. Overall, 154 subjects (41.8%) had adequate knowledge regarding cervical carcinoma risk factors, symptoms, screening for cancer and HPV vaccine. Favorable attitude was seen in 315 (85.5%) participants. Ninety-six participants (26.0%) had ever had a cervical cancer screening and 23 participants (6.2%) had ever received HPV vaccine which was very low. Lack of knowledge and cost factors were the main reasons cited for these low screening and vaccination rates among the participants.Conclusions: The study shows that knowledge was inadequate and screening and vaccination rates were very low in the study population. This highlights the need to educate the community regarding cervical cancer prevention and to make these services readily available at affordable costs to achieve the ultimate goal of elimination of cervical cancer.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsConsultant Obstetrician, Apollo Medics Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMisra Devyani, Mahajan Charu, Bansal Bhumika. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus vaccine at a tertiary care facility in North India. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020 Jul; 9(7): 3004-3010en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1770
dc.identifier.issn2320-1789
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/207877
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20202748en_US
dc.subjectCervical cancer screeningen_US
dc.subjectHuman papilloma virus vaccineen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus vaccine at a tertiary care facility in North Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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