The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia

Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is a foremost reason of global cancer death in women, and a good portion remains with the developing countries. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among the women attending...

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Main Authors:	Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan, A Rahman, Nor Azlina, Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi, Haque, Mainul
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer ‑ Medknow 2019
Subjects:	RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
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spelling	iium-758172020-01-29T18:45:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/ The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan A Rahman, Nor Azlina Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi Haque, Mainul RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is a foremost reason of global cancer death in women, and a good portion remains with the developing countries. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among the women attending a Mother and Child Health Clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 respondents involved in this cross‑sectional study. The convenience sampling was to select the respondents. The data were collected from in 2013. Results: The mean age 32.19 years. Up to 54.2% of respondents never had Pap smear in the past 5 years, while over 67.5% of respondents never had HPV vaccination. There was a significant correlation between knowledge with attitude (P < 0.001) and attitude with practice (P < 0.001) regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV. However, knowledge and practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV was not significantly correlated (P = 0.525). There was no significant correlation between mean age and knowledge (P = 0.455) while there was a significant correlation between mean age with attitude (P = 0.011) and practice (P < 0.001) regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV. It was also shown that there were differences between races in term of knowledge and attitude (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in term of practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV (P > 0.05) between races. Conclusions: Important barriers to Pap smear screening among women are highlighted through this study. The health institution involved needs to come up with better strategies to deal with these barriers to improve the awareness of women regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV. Wolters Kluwer ‑ Medknow 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/1/2019-9%20KAP%20pap%20smear%2C%20cx%20ca%2C%20hpv.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/7/75817_The%20knowledge%2C%20attitude%2C%20and%20practice%20regarding%20pap%20smear%2C%20cervical%20cancer%2C%20and%20human%20papillomavirus%20among%20women%20attending%20a%20mother%20and%20child%20health%20clinic%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan and A Rahman, Nor Azlina and Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi and Haque, Mainul (2019) The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 40 (2). pp. 193-200. ISSN 0971-5851 http://www.ijmpo.org
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spellingShingle	RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan A Rahman, Nor Azlina Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi Haque, Mainul The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
description	Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is a foremost reason of global cancer death in women, and a good portion remains with the developing countries. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among the women attending a Mother and Child Health Clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 respondents involved in this cross‑sectional study. The convenience sampling was to select the respondents. The data were collected from in 2013. Results: The mean age 32.19 years. Up to 54.2% of respondents never had Pap smear in the past 5 years, while over 67.5% of respondents never had HPV vaccination. There was a significant correlation between knowledge with attitude (P < 0.001) and attitude with practice (P < 0.001) regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV. However, knowledge and practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV was not significantly correlated (P = 0.525). There was no significant correlation between mean age and knowledge (P = 0.455) while there was a significant correlation between mean age with attitude (P = 0.011) and practice (P < 0.001) regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV. It was also shown that there were differences between races in term of knowledge and attitude (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in term of practice regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV (P > 0.05) between races. Conclusions: Important barriers to Pap smear screening among women are highlighted through this study. The health institution involved needs to come up with better strategies to deal with these barriers to improve the awareness of women regarding Pap smear, CC, and HPV.
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author	Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan A Rahman, Nor Azlina Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi Haque, Mainul
author_facet	Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan A Rahman, Nor Azlina Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi Haque, Mainul
author_sort	Tg. Abdul Rahman, Tg. Faten Nurjihan
title	The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_short	The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full	The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr	The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in kuantan, malaysia
publisher	Wolters Kluwer ‑ Medknow
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/1/2019-9%20KAP%20pap%20smear%2C%20cx%20ca%2C%20hpv.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/75817/7/75817_The%20knowledge%2C%20attitude%2C%20and%20practice%20regarding%20pap%20smear%2C%20cervical%20cancer%2C%20and%20human%20papillomavirus%20among%20women%20attending%20a%20mother%20and%20child%20health%20clinic%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf
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The knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding pap smear, cervical cancer, and human papillomavirus among women attending a mother and child health clinic in Kuantan, Malaysia

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