Knowledge of cervical cancer, attitude and husband's support of Pap smear among multiparous women which have Pap's smear examination in Aviati clinic Padang Bulan Medan

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2018-03, Vol.125 (1), p.12194
• Main Authors: Feriyawati, L, Anggraini, D R, Fitrie, A A, Anggreini, R N
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Attitudes; Cancer; Cervical cancer; Cervix; Pap smear; Quantitative research
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012194

Cervical cancer is a serious health problem and stated as the second cause of death of woman worldwide. Several studies have noted a higher incidence of cervical cancer with increasing parity. Early detection with Pap smear is proven to reduce mortality of patients. Knowledge, attitude and husband's support contributed to theled womanto follow Pap smear examination. This study explores the knowledge of cervical cancer, attitude and husband' s support of Pap smearin multiparous women that have Pap smear examination. This research is a quantitative study with cross sectional approach recruited 50 respondents as multiparous women that have Pap smear examination inAviati Clinic, Padang Bulan, Medan. The data were collected by self-reports using structured objectives by questionnaires. The result of this study showed that 66% respondents have high knowledge of cervical cancer and 76% respondents have ahigh attitude of Pap smear, but they almost have low husband's support of Pap smear including information support (62%), emotional support (46%) and real support (50%). This study has revealed that multiparous women that had Pap smear examination generally had high knowledge about cervical cancer and positive attitude about Pap smear, even most of them had low husband's support.