Educational effect on knowledge, attitude and practice among registered nurses regarding cervical cancer, its prevention and screening in Karachi, Pakistan

To determine the effects of education on knowledge, attitude and practice status regarding cervical cancer, its prevention and screening among registered nurses working at tertiary care hospitals. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2016(15th June-15th July) at Civil Hospital, Karachi, and...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-04, Vol.70 (4), p.674-678
Main Authors: Hafeez, Rubina, Perveen, Fouzia, Zafar, Shehla Naeem, Hafeez, Alyna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alphapapillomavirus
Analysis
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cancer screening
Carcinoma
Cervical cancer
Diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data
Education
Female
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health literacy
Health screening
Humans
Hygiene
Immunodeficiency
Infection
Nurses
Nurses - standards
Nurses - statistics & numerical data
Nursing
Nursing education
Pakistan - epidemiology
Pap test
Papanicolaou Test - methods
Papillomavirus infections
Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control
Papillomavirus Infections - virology
Papillomavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use
Practice
Prevention
Registered nurses
Sexual hygiene
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control
Vaccines
Women's health
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Summary:To determine the effects of education on knowledge, attitude and practice status regarding cervical cancer, its prevention and screening among registered nurses working at tertiary care hospitals. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2016(15th June-15th July) at Civil Hospital, Karachi, and Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and comprised registered nurses enrolled through non-probability convenience sampling. Baseline demographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude and practice levels of the nurses was gathered using a self-structured pretested and validated questionnaire. An education session on, "prevention and screening of cervical cancer" was conducted and its effectiveness was determined using the same questionnaire post-intervention. The difference in pre- and post-intervention values were determined. P
ISSN:0030-9982
DOI:10.5455/JPMA.10254