Factors related to failure to attend the consultation to receive the results of the Pap smear test

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos¹  Denise De Fátima Fernandes Cunha¹  Cássia Fernandes Coelho¹  Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro¹  Namie Okino Sawada¹ 

关键词: Health Knowledge;    Attitudes;    Practice;    Vaginal Smears;    Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;    Nursing;    Conhecimentos;    Atitudes e Prática em Saúde;    Esfregaço Vaginal;    Neoplasias do Colo do Útero;    Enfermagem;    Conocimientos;    Actitudes y Práctica en Salud;    Frotis Vaginal;    Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino;    Enfermería;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.3132.2430

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to identify the factors related to the failure of women to attend the follow-up consultation to receive the results of the Pap smear test.METHOD: a cross-sectional study, carried out with 775 patients who underwent the Pap smear test in the Centro de Saúde da Família of Fortaleza, between September 2010 and February 2011.RESULTS: the majority of the women studied were young (≤35 years), had low levels of education (≤7 years of study), and commenced sexual activity early (≤20 years), with 17.0% of them failing to return to receive the test results. Statistically significant results for the failure to return were related to: young women (p=0.001); early onset of sexual activity (p=0.047); and inadequate knowledge about the Pap smear test (p=0.029). Conclusion the fact that the women failed to return for the result is a problem for the control of cervical cancer and must be addressed through educational strategies that reinforce the importance of the return for the early detection of this cancer.

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